Pilgrims of the Mist
Sheila Stewart, singer, storyteller and author, is one of the last in the line of Scotland's travelling people. The way of life of the old travellers - tramping the country roads, camping in the woods, hawking, fortune-telling and temporary work on farms - has now all but died out. Before the memories melted away like winter snow, Sheila gathered from family and friends this wonderful collection of travellers' tales. Here are the stories that she and her parents used to listen to by the camp fire as the shadows of night clustered around. There are magical tales here, tales of hauntings and sudden deaths, tales of lovers and childbirths, tales…
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- ISBN: 978-0-85790-755-4
- EAN: 9780857907554
- Produktnummer: 16941473
- Verlag: Birlinn General
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 198 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 0 KB
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Sheila Stewart MBE is the last in the line of the Stewarts of Blair. She spent her childhood travelling all over Scotland and working on farms with her family. From 1954 she sang in concerts with her parents and her sister Cathie. An acclaimed storyteller and ballad singer, she also lectures on the oral culture of the travelling people.
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