The Fin Folk are a strange race of sea-people that live off the coasts of Orkney and Shetland. They are tall, dark, mysterious… and covered in big flappy fins. In this episode Jenny explores how the Fin Folk live, the vanishing island they call home, and their (very much unreciprocated) desire to marry humans.

She also tells the tale of ‘The Farmer of Evie’, a traditional Orcadian folktale about how the mysterious isle of Eynhallow came to rest between Evie and Rousay.

Follow The Scottish Folklore Podcast on Instagram

Visit the website and view the interactive map

Support Jenny as she makes the show by joining the Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Inspired by Robert Burns’ Poem ‘To a Mouse’ Jenny dives into the superstitions and folklore surrounding mice in Scotland.

Read ‘To a Mouse’ here

Read ‘Drumming Tunes’, an article on Mice and Rat Satires here

Follow The Scottish Folklore Podcast on Instagram

Visit the website and view the interactive map

Support Jenny as she makes the show by joining the Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Travel the length of Scotland with these folk tales from the very tippy-toppy of the country to the very tippy-toey.

In the far north, Jenny tells the tale of two giants on Unst and how the tiny island of Out Stack, the most northerly point in all of Scotland, came to be.

And in the far south, on The Mull of Galloway, a coven of witches don’t realise their own power at Carrickcarlin point, and the last of the Picts defend the secret of Heather Ale.

Muckle Flugga and Me - Part 1

Muckle Flugga and Me - Part 2

The Mull of Galloway, Scotland's most Southern Coast - SeaKayakPhoto Blog

Follow The Scottish Folklore Podcast on Instagram

Visit the website and view the interactive map

Support Jenny as she makes the show by joining the Patreon

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.