Stane O' Quoybune: An Orcadian New Year (Scottish Folklore)

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Great standing stones can be found all over the British Isles, it is thought that in Britain and Ireland alone there are over 50 000 of these specifically placed stones. The issue is that we know almost nothing about the history and meaning of these stone. There were erected by a long-forgotten people of a social or religious nature we have no concept of and some are patterned by drawings or words in a language we have to decipher. Thought out Scottish history these stones have always existed and have always been a conduit for the fanciful and supernatural. To day we look at one in particular, which has a strong connection to the New year. The Stane O' Quoybune
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References:
Bailey, J. (2022) Stone of Quoybune, British folklore [britishfolklore.com/stone-of-q...]
Fergusson, R. M. (1883) Rambling Sketches in the Far North and Orcadian Musings. Simpkin, Marshall, & Co. John Menzies & Co. Wm Peace & Son, London, Edinburgh and Glasgow, Kirkwall.
Gifford, J. (1992) Highland and Islands (Buildings of Scotland). Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0300096255
Haswell-Smith, H. (2004) The Scottish Islands. Edinburgh: Canongate. ISBN:978-1-84195-454-7
Orkneyjar (2022) Orkney's Standing Stones, The Stane o' Quoybune, Birsay [www.orkneyjar.com/history/mono...]
Orkneyjar (2022) Orkney's Standing Stones, The Yetnasteen, Rousay [www.orkneyjar.com/history/mono...]
Westwood, J. and Kingshill, S. (2009) The Lore of Scotland A Guide to Scottish Legends. Random House Publishing. Falkirk.

[@esmewitch]

Thank you for searching out all of these wonderful pieces of folklore and history.

[@connorricketts1323]

thank you for sharing the great stories and keeping folkre keeping them alive love them

[@missmadigan9285]

Thank you for sharing. Yes these traditions should be respected. They exist for a reason! 😮👍💖

[@jackpayne4658]

Happy New Year to you, Liath - and long may your tales entertain and enlighten us. I haven't visited Orkney, but this account reminded me of the Hill o' Many Stanes in Caithness. About 200 small standing stones, laid out in roughly intersecting curves. It reminded me of a small child's imitation of an engineer's diagram - function unknown. Personally, I prefer mountains - but Caithness has its own weird fascination.

[@LiathWolf]

Happy new year, yeah the hill o many stanes, is certainly an odd mystery

[@margaretlumley1648]

Happy New Year to you too, and thank you for these magical stories. I find magic stones fascinating; I would love to see them 😍 💜

[@elizabethmcglothlin5406]

Not at all to disrepect a perfectly good legend, but I suspect if you have 'enough of the drink taken' to see wandering stones, you might very well fail to live through the coming year! Thanks, and Happy New Year!

[@bentclaw]

These are lovely stories, I've never heard them before!

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

I like it when you tell stories about the old ways and the old times though Christian I still like some of the stories and they fascinate me I am Scottish I'am Frazier on my mother's Father's side the family

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

You are my favorite folklore storyteller of the old way

[@theetruetolkienpatriot7701]

And to you my fine laddie

[@JadenFolster]

Hope to visit Orkney one day

[@heatherturner2366]

I wonder if the ancient Picts and or Celtics had something to do with it since they were known to be sailors. Maybe ancient vikings.

[@noname-bk7bc]

Totally off topic, but I know you were talking about Unicorn stories at some point, but I just watched the movie Harvey with my daughter. You should totally do a video on pookas

[@LiathWolf]

Hey, I have had a unicorn video in the works for a while. It will be released on day haha. I briefly mentioned the Pooka in the Brownie video, but I would like to look more in depth.

[@tmr4342]

🦇

[@noreenclark2568]

A strange story of stanes. I would look from afar at these ancient monolith's . I'd feel safer

[@emmalouie1663]

it's 3 am I can't listen to this hahahah

[@fatimaabidin2632]

Thanks. If we come to Scotland mid year, can we meet you and chat about Folk Lore? Our DNA genealogy came back telling us we have Scottish ancestry. From Fatima and Zaynab in Australia.

[@LiathWolf]

Thanks so much for the donation. If you want to contact me, my inquiries email is in my about section.

[@fatimaabidin2632]

@@LiathWolf Wonderful! Thanks so much

[@fatimaabidin2632]

I've found the links to Patreon, Twitter and T-shirts, but I can't see where your email address is. Sorry, still looking.

[@LiathWolf]

@@fatimaabidin2632 here is the email, [e-mail]

[@fatimaabidin2632]

Thanks so much 😁 You'll hear from us today ✉️

[@pentegarn1]

I don't find this tale strange at all.....except that it's not set on Samhain. ;)

[@Davlavi]

Thank you for searching out all of these wonderful pieces of folklore and history.