Fireside tales of the traveller children, Williamson, Duncan

Автор: Williamson Duncan
Название: Tales of the Seal People: Scottish Folk Tales
ISBN: 162371933X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781623719333
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Цена: 16010.00 T
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Описание: A collection of 14 selkie (half-seal half-human creatures) tales from the Orkney and Shetland islands off the northern tip of Scotland, which embrace the fantasy, romance, and unusual perspective of the Scottish travellers.

Автор: Williamson, Duncan
Название: Horsieman
ISBN: 1912476401 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781912476404
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Описание: Duncan Williamson was the son, grandson and great grandson of nomadic tinsmiths, basket makers, pipers and storytellers. In this book, he describes his life as a traveler with verve, candor and intimacy, recounting a childhood spent on the shores of Loch Fyne, work on the small hill farms in the summer, walking with barrows and prams and later with horse and cart, the length and breadth of Scotland. He recalls camping with hundreds of traveler families from the 1940s to the 1960s, his marriage to his cousin, Jeanie Townsley, and all the various traditional skills and arts which must be perfected for a man to maintain his family adequately.

The Horsieman is the story of traditions long vanished - of traveler trades, of building tents, of routes traveled and traditional camping sites, of stories, songs, music and cures which have been the heritage and tradition of traveling people in Scotland through the ages. Set mainly in Argyll, Tayside and all stations in between, Duncan Williamson's story is told with great warmth and humor and in the inimitable style of one Scotland's master storytellers.