The Moorfoot Tales: Lost Myths from Scotland

Moorfoot is a mysterious rural area of Midlothian in the Scottish Lowlands. Unknown to many, for centuries it has kept its myths, legends and folklore to itself. But secrets are lurking within the ancient ruins and flowing waters of Moorfoot, and finally, someone is telling them.

Stephen McCabe is a local storyteller and nature therapist. He has been wandering the hills of Moorfoot and reading ancient texts like a folklore detective. The result is a collection of folktales based on myths and legends that some locals told him probably wouldn’t exist. Above all, he has written a book entwined with a deep love and respect for nature. Even within the darkest tales, the beauty of our Earth Mother is ever-present.

Welcome to the magical land of Moorfoot: a land of psychic trees and faery stones, shared through the dream-like visions of a persecuted woman, accused of witchcraft.

‘The Moorfoot Tales is an enchanting book, threading together longer tales, short snippets and original prose to make something altogether new.’ – Daniel Allison, USA Today bestselling author of Scottish Myths & Legends

‘Lily LeMaire’s illustrations, in the best tradition of folk tale imagery, are sometimes amusing, whimsical and other times deeply disturbing, hinting at the darkest spaces of the psyche.’  – Caroline Brazier, author of Acorns Among the Grass: Adventures in Ecotherapy

‘Thanks, Stephen McCabe, for your admirably researched and respectfully acknowledged, contemporary storytelling.’ - Dr Linda Williamson, Editor, Folklorist and Storyteller

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