I found this books some time ago in a box in front of our house. Unfortunately some reader before me used it to learn English and left comments in ink pen on the first few pages...

From the cover:
"Scotland has a very rich tradition of native storytelling, and this lively collection contains a variety of fairy tales, folk tales and legends.
In the early stories we meet the magical creatures: brownies, kelpies, fairies and mermen - some unique to Scotland, some familar to all. We are then introduced to giants and monsters as well as witches, 'good folk' and great many more spellbinding characters.
Along with more traditional tales, some witch have become old favorites, such as 'Thomas Rymer' and 'Adam Bell', are stories by some of our finest modern storytellers, such as John Buchan and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Andrew Lang's 'The Gold of Fairnilee', whose action takes place against the battle of Flodden in 1513, has been described as one of the finest fairy stories written in the Victorian age. This carefully selected volume allows you to judge for yourself."

Gelesen im Rahmen der Bergabbau-Challange im August 2012 - Thema: Kleinvieh macht auch Mist

I have to say, the mixtures of the tales in this volume is kind of strange: There are classical fairy tales, ghoste stories - and two stories with an ironic view on fairy tales (or should I say children's stories?), namely "The Lonely Giant" and "The Magic Walking Stick". - Namely for the last one I was also wondering: What has a story written by a man, who lived most of his live in England, that plays in England, to do in a book called "Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales"?
I liked most of the stories. My favorite is the one where the origin of Iceland is explained, though.

Kommt mit zum Meet-Up

I love Scotland and I love fairy tales...
So I had to take this book with me :-)