Thistle and Thyme


Thistle and Thyme: Tales and Legends from Scotland is a 1962 collection of ten Scottish folklore tales by American author Sorche Nic Leodhas and illustrated by Evaline Ness. It is a companion book to an earlier collection of Scottish folklore by Leodhas called Heather and Broom: Tales of the Scottish Highlands. In the longest tale, The Laird's Lass and the Gobha's Son, the beautiful daughter of a laird falls in love with the son of a blacksmith ; the girl's father forbids her from marrying the boy, so she turns to a wizard for help. The book was recognized with a Newbery Honor in 1964.

Stories

  • The Laird's Lass and the Gobha's Son
  • St. Cuddy and the Grey Geese
  • The Stolen Bairn and the Sidh
  • The Lass Who Went Out at the Cry of Dawn
  • The Changeling and the Fond Young Mother
  • The Bride Who Out Talked the Water Kelpie
  • The Drowned Bells of the Abbey
  • The Beekeeper and the Bewitched Hare
  • The Fisher Lad and the Mermaid's Ring
  • Michael Scott and the Demon