THE STOLEN WINDING SHEET

WORDS: Tom Muir ILLUSTRATION : Bryce Wilson
HISTORY & FOLKLORE


This is a story from Sanday, collected by the folklorist, Walter Traill Dennison (1825-94). The “winding sheet” was a shroud, and this story is said to have happened at the Cross Kirkyard in Sanday, where Dennison is buried. Baubie Skithawa was dying,...

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