Sookin' Berries by Jess Smith

Author:Jess Smith [Smith, Jess]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780857907479
Publisher: Birlinn

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THE HEAD

I first heard this lovely story from travellers who were staying near Comrie, Perthshire. I was fascinated by it and tried for years to find out more about it. My search led nowhere, until I was thrown a lifeline by a friend who told me it had been collected in a book. A man from the Borders called Wilson had heard gypsies tell it at a gathering round the campfire. He thought it was such a wonderful story he put it in a collection of tales.

It took me a long time, but eventually I tracked down a copy of his book. Although he had given it a different title, it was almost the same tale. In Wilson’s book it’s called ‘The Maid of Lednick’. My version is called ‘The Head’.

The story that follows is adapted from Wilson with a chunk of my own story thrown in.

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