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An exchange in verse after a Skye sailor met a woman of Skye origin in Tasmania.

A supernatural story about a man who asked the Devil for help. An account of a man who was walking home from the inn. Being so tired, he was searching for an animal he could ride home. He asked th...

A story about a bitch that was very good at catching hares. Rob had bitch that was very good at catching hares. It was chasing one towards a dyke where he was scything. He put the scythe across a ...

Ailean na Biodaig foreseeing that the bailiff would never enter the house he was building. People were hauling stones to build a house for the bailiff. Ailean na Biodaig had stopped early and had ...

Monchuis and Meanchuis picking fruit. Monchuis and Meanchuis were picking fruit. As Monchuis picked it, Meanchuis ate it. Monchuis therefore went to get a stick with which to hit him, but found th...

Story about the Deil o Baldarroch. A man and a woman were spreading dung when a shower came on and they sheltered behind a dyke. The woman said it was a pity that the graips [dung-forks] wouldn't ...

A tale of a son who was lost and then appeared many years later. The contributor tells the tale of the woman who went out to collect fuel and left her only child, a son, in the house, alone. When ...

Iain carries a coffin on his back, takes shelter inside it during a heavy hail storm and frightens a church elder. The contributor tells that there is no wood on Iona and coffins had to be made in...

Tall stories about experiences in Canada during a severe frost.

Rats removing items of cutlery. A tall story about rats removing cutlery from a drawer and laying them out in a basement room. The rats replaced each item by something in its place - in this insta...