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Always Room for One More Nonny Hogrogian, Сорче Ник Леодхас
ISBN: 978-0805003307 Год издания: 1972 Издательство: Henry Holt & Company Язык: Английский Lachie MacLachlan, the generous hero of this enchanting tale, is the exception to the rule that the Scots are a thrifty lot. In his "wee house in the heather," where he lives with his family of twelve, he welcomes to his hearth every weary traveler who passes by on a stormy night. "There's always room for one more," says Lachie, and how his grateful guests say a wonderful "Thank you" provides a delightfully warm and tender ending to this hilarious tale of kindness. -
Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands Сорче Ник Леодхас
ISBN: 978-1-4976-4012-2 Год издания: 2014 Издательство: Open Road Media Teen & Tween In Scotland during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, traveling monks or harpers called seanachies passed down many legends. They would wander from village to village, where local families would take them in and give them food and shelter. In exchange, the seanachies would delight the families with stories they had heard on their journeys.
Heather and Broom contains eight seanachie stories from the Scottish Highlands, including the tales of the woman who tricked the fairies, the young lairdie with a heart of gold, and the daughte -
Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland Сорче Ник Леодхас
ISBN: 0370010663 Год издания: 1975 Язык: Английский A collection of ten Scottish legends passed down through the ages Scottish culture is rich with mythology. There are tales of monks and saints, fairies and witches, kings, nobles, and ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Some stories were never written down, shared instead through retellings that turned storytelling into an art form. In "Thistle and Thyme," Sorche Nic Leodhas brings together ten folktales that were passed down through the generations as part of Scotland's vibrant oral tradition. In this volume, stories about the changeling and the stolen child, the bride who was cursed to silence by a water kelpie, and the…