Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Long before Arthur, there was the magician Merlin. And even as a boy he had other worldly adventures before he came to help Uther Pendragon and guide the young King Arthur. Today’s yarn tells one of

BC 01-07: The Monk of the Fourth Order

May 25th, 2020 18m 28s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Today's story is about a young man in the middle ages who spends some time in a monastery after sustaining an injury, and is compelled to join this Holy Order by his curiosity about a sound, and the

BC 01-06: Nail Stew

May 9th, 2020 9m 12s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Today's story has been told under many names, like stone soup or nail stew. It is a tale about a young soldier just released from the military who is traveling home, and how he brings together the in

BC 01-05: Jack and His Cow

May 9th, 2020 11m 27s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”I first heard today’s story a number of years ago, along with Clever Jack which is my favourite story, when I was fortunate enough to attend a storytelling Celigh when the Storytellers School of Toro

BC 01-04 How Robin Got His Red Breast and Wendat Dogs

May 7th, 2020 13m 28s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Today’s first story comes from the earliest stories of the Sechelt people of British Columbia in Canada, a time when things are not as they are now. One of the differences was that the Robin was just

BC 01-04 How Robin Got His Red Breast and Wendat Dogs

May 7th, 2020 13m 29s

BC 01-03 The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies

May 6th, 2020 13m 23s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Today’s story tells the tale of a clever woman who is taken by the fairy folk for her ability to make the best pies in all of Ireland, a fact which has made the fairies jealous, and how she uses her

BC 01-03 The Woman Who Flummoxed the Fairies

May 6th, 2020 13m 23s

BC 01-02 Buried Moon

May 6th, 2020 12m 16s

Cad é mar a ta siv?, “How are you all today?”Today’s story is from the old books of Wales, when the lady in the moon could come down among the Welsh and wander where she would. A time when the moors were thick with the horrors or witches, and a

BC 01-02 Buried Moon

May 6th, 2020 12m 17s

BC 01-01 Cleaver Jack

May 6th, 2020 13m 40s

That is a Gaelic phrase that means “How are you all today?”Welcome to the first story to be broadcast on Bardcast podcasting network. If you are new to storytelling, then welcome and well met; and if you are used to telling or hearing a yarn th