East Lothian Folk Tales

East Lothian Folk Tales gathers traditional stories and local legends from the county’s coastlines, beaches, countryside and Lammermuir Hills. Tim Porteus retells accounts involving Scottish saints, kings and queens, witches, fairies, ghosts, giants, fools and tricksters, linking the stories to the landscapes where they are set.

The collection includes the Legend of the Saltire, St Baldred’s miracles, the Wizard of Yester, the Brownie of Butterdean Wood and Thomas the Rhymer in Dunbar. Ghostly traditions feature in tales such as The Haunted House, The Ghost of Innerwick and The Haunted Well of Amisfield, alongside stories of sailors, holy wells, mermaids and local characters. Line drawings by Mags MacFarlane accompany the text.