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The Piper of Blackwater Bridge

October 17, 2025

In the high glens of Argyll, where heather meets mist and rivers sing to themselves, there lived a piper named Ewan MacCrae. He was proud of his music — and justly so, for no man could play the pipes as he did. Fishermen said the trout danced to his tunes, and shepherds swore their flocks followed his reels as if

Western European Folktales

The Lantern of Mont Saint-Michel

On the rocky coast of Brittany, where tides rush faster than galloping horses, stood the abbey of Mont Saint-Michel — a crown of stone rising from the mist. Its monks lit a lantern each night to guide lost sailors home. One winter, a violent storm swept the coast. Waves crashed

The Curse of Mount Lovćen

Long ago, when Montenegro was young and wild, the mountain Lovćen towered

The Lake of Echoes

High in the Alps of Switzerland, where snow melts into silver streams,

The Miller’s Clever Daughter

October 17, 2025

Western European Folktales

In the rolling fields of Normandy, there once lived an old miller named Pierre who was honest but poor. His daughter, Lisette, was as bright as morning dew — clever, kind, and sharp enough to spin truth from lies. One day, the king rode through their village. His horse lost

The Fairy Child of Donegal

October 17, 2025

British & Irish Folktales

In a small glen near Donegal, where mist curled like spun wool and every rock had a story, there lived a weaver’s wife named Máire. She was kind to all things — even the unseen — leaving bread and cream by the hearth each night “for the Good People,” as