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Book Review

Sanner Gow’s Tales and Folklore of the Buchan: Pat Hutchison

Pat Hutchison has inherited the gift of storytelling and the twenty-six
stories in his first collection are a glorious set of tales. The authentic

voice of the North-East of Scotland comes through loud and clear as
the stories are written in Doric Scots, which adds to their beauty and
means nothing is lost in translation.

It would be extremely difficult to choose one or two favourites as

every story in the collection is a joy. The stories range from ancient
tales about treating strangers well because you never know who they

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are to more modern tales of bravery during the 20 C World Wars.
Jessie Hutton is one such war story – a truly beautiful love story about
Jessie’s bravery and what she went through for love of her man. It

might sound Mills & Boon, but it truly isn’t. It’s a tale with a twist and

a half and the supernatural element conjures goosebumps.

There are other ghost stories too – more than enough to whet

the appetite and leave the reader wanting more. But the jewels in this treasure of a book are snippets of folklore

contained in some of the stories such as s The Lichten Green and The Prechum Steen.

Pat Hutchison’s first book will not disappoint, as a wee read of the taster story to follow shows.

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Sanners Gow’s Tales and Folklore of the Buchan: Pat Hutchison (The Deveron Press, 2017) Published May 20 .
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Sanners Gow's Tales and Folklore of the Buchan

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