The 30 stories, poems and tales in this volume have been handed down for centuries by word of mouth from generation to generation by professional story-tellers, who travelled the highlands and islands, more often by foot, from village to village, or clachan to clachan, earning a night's shelter by giving a night's entertainment
These 30 tales are accompanied by 38 pen and ink drawings plus 11 illustrated end-pieces.
The 30 tales and stories in this volume are: