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EPISODE · May 15, 2019 · 13 MIN

Gaelic Waters

from The Essay · host BBC Radio 3

Gaelic songs and stories burst with mythical water creatures, from seductive kelpies and selkies to woeful waterfall banshees. In the first of five Essays from the banks of British rivers, folk singer Julie Fowlis guides Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough through a watery Highland underworld.Producer: Alasdair Cross

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published May 15, 2019

Gaelic songs and stories burst with mythical water creatures, from seductive kelpies and selkies to woeful waterfall banshees. In the first of five Essays from the banks of British rivers, folk singer Julie Fowlis guides Eleanor Rosamund Barraclough through a watery Highland underworld.Producer: Alasdair Cross

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