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.
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