Fireside Folklore: Ghosts of Hogmanay
Stories of Scotland
Annie and Jenny
4.8 • 728 Ratings
🗓️ 27 December 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
A fresh New Year’s Eve tradition at Stories of Scotland is the telling of spooky stories about Hogmanay. Jenny and Annie return with terrifying tales to haunt you all Hogmanay.
First, Jenny welcomes us to travel to a smoky bar on the Isle of Mull for "The Queer Visit of Calum the Skipper," a chilling tale of a New Year's ghost with a twist. As the locals gather, reminiscing about Calum, a regular visitor, they're confronted with an unexpected and spine-tingling encounter. This story, unfolding on a stormy Hogmanay night, blends the warmth of community with the mystery of the supernatural.
Next, Annie delves into the local newspaper archives of the Glasgow Weekly Herald for a ghostly narrative from 1866. This tale, "The Devil’s Dungeon," sets the stage for an unforgettable Hogmanay at a farmhouse in the south of Scotland. Embark on a ghostly walk past haunted pools and eerie glens, leading to a terrifying encounter that will leave you questioning the line between reality and the supernatural.
Stories of Scotland wishes all listeners a beautiful Hogmanay, and health, wealth, and happiness for 2024. May the mountains smile upon you and all your turnips grow mighty!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to this festive fireside folklore episode of Stories of Scotland, |
| 0:15.6 | where we'll be sharing some traditional Scottish tales all about this time of year. |
| 0:21.2 | I'm Jenny and my pockets are full of seaweed. |
| 0:24.0 | And I'm Annie and my sandwiches are filled with coggles. |
| 0:28.6 | And what better way to keep warm in the drizzly days and long dark nights |
| 0:33.4 | than by curling up next to the fire and telling some truly wonderful tales. |
| 0:39.3 | Define wonderful. |
| 0:41.2 | You know, Jenny, the feeling you get when you hear the crackle of tinsel and the hanging of the |
| 0:47.2 | Christmas lights, bringing a seasonal sense of wonder and joy and hope for the coming year. |
| 0:53.9 | Right, right. |
| 0:55.5 | Best I can do is ghosts. |
| 0:57.5 | Are they at least winter appropriate ghosts? |
| 1:00.6 | You know, with some fairy lights on and a festive hat and a sparkly star on top? |
| 1:07.3 | Um, no, but my one is wearing a hat, so that's kind of close. |
| 1:12.3 | You did better than me, Jenny, because mine is truly disgusting. |
| 1:17.1 | Well, here we go. |
| 1:18.9 | This tale is called the queer visit of Callum the Skipper, and it comes from an old bar on Mull, |
| 1:25.9 | where both peat smoke and cigarette smoke clogged the stuffy air. |
| 1:30.3 | It was Hogmanay night and there was a wonderful mix of local fishermen and their families, |
| 1:36.3 | fishermen from nearby islands waiting for the weather to clear, and docked sailors, |
| 1:41.3 | stopping for a few nights before heading over the Atlantic. |
| 1:45.0 | The captain of the sailors was an English man named James, |
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