Bothy Culture: Wee Huts of Stories

Stories of Scotland

Annie and Jenny

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.8 • 728 Ratings

🗓️ 10 July 2019

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this first episode, Annie and Jenny consider the significance of bothies in Scottish culture and delve into the dark pasts of bothy life and the ballads that farm workers would sing by the peat fires to warm their spirits. We think about what bothies are used for in modern Scotland and how they can help us spend more time enjoying nature and the outdoors, supporting both physical and mental wellbeing.Stories of Scotland is a multi-award winning Highland podcast, proudly recorded in Inverness in North of Scotland. We research our Scottish history, heritage, and mythology podcast using archives, books, museum objects, and oral histories from across Scotland. Get bonus content on Patreon

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0:00.0	Welcome to Stories of Scotland, a podcast exploring Scottish history and culture through adventures and investigations.
0:14.7	We travel across lands and mountains through myths, ballads and folklore to bring you both celebrated and forgotten stories of
0:23.0	Scotland from our living room. My name is Annie. I'm a Highland historian meandering around the
0:28.4	time space wormholes that form in museums. And I'm Jenny. I love nothing more than meandering
0:33.4	around loch and upmanrose. In this first episode, we're looking at why storytelling is so important in Scotland's
0:39.8	past and is still so valuable in the modern world through looking at Bothy culture.
0:44.0	Jenny and I met through a love of sharing stories.
0:46.8	We both perform at open mics and small, quite dingy bars in the furnace.
0:53.3	I do poetry and storytelling
0:55.1	and Jenny does comedy
0:56.5	yes I was doing weird stand-up
0:58.8	about rocks and then I saw you doing
1:00.4	weird storytelling about rocks
1:01.9	and the rest is history
1:03.0	the crowds weren't always
1:04.7	as enthusiastic as we were though
1:06.2	which is why the podcasting has come round
1:08.4	but sometimes even very drunk people were listening to us because they enjoyed the stories
1:13.7	that we told.
1:14.9	I spoke mostly about Scottish history because that's what I'm really passionate about.
1:18.7	And a lot of my stand-up is really inspired by the natural world and my love of hill walking.
1:22.9	But when we got leathering, me and Jenny thought it would be a really lovely thing to do a podcast on Scottish history and nature.
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