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the spoken word

Traveller, beware!  ​​A ghost story from Elgin
Narrated by Frieda Morrison

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The oral tradition

Stories and the spoken word go hand-in-hand with a strong oral tradition being a characteristic of many communities and their approach to sharing culture and heritage.  This is particularly true of the north.  Hearing a story spoken in the voice or dialect of a community gives it added resonance and power.  Some people are natural storytellers in the oral form.  It is important to gather the spoken word as well as the written one.  This example was collected from former BBC journalist and producer Frieda Morrison about a ghost story in Elgin.
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  • Home
  • Storytelling Workshop
  • 100 THINGS
    • Submit a thing
  • What makes a good story
    • Every picture tells a story
    • Landscape as a storyteller
    • How an object tells a story
    • Spoken Word
  • YOUR STORIES
    • Ardclach Bell Tower
    • The Ghost of Ardvreck Castle
    • Big Grey Man of Ben Macdui
    • The Black Shadow
    • The Brodie Pontifical
    • The Brora Coalfield
    • The Burghead Bull
    • Caithness Dialect
    • Carbisdale Castle Clock
    • The Burning of the Clavie
    • Coinneach: the Brahan Seer
    • Culbin
    • Ghostly Shinty at Dalarossie
    • The Dounreay Dalek
    • The Dwarfie Stane
    • Phantom Train of Dunphail
    • Greenmire
    • Highland Ghost Stories
    • The Highland Pony
    • Hogmanay Bonfire at Pulteneytown
    • The Hydrogen Story
    • Laidhay remembered
    • LS Lowry and Caithness
    • Lochindorb
    • Mary Ann's Cottage
    • The Orkney Energy Community
    • Orkney Sea Monsters
    • Sandwood Bay Legends
    • A simple, happy life
    • The Skaill House Ghosts
    • Skekling
    • Smuggling and Illicit Distilling
    • Teddy Banjo, Teuksy and Wick Wivies
    • The genius of Thomas Telford
    • Traveller Beware
    • White Wife of Watlee
    • Christmas in Wick
    • The Wulver of Shetland