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Who
is
the
mysterious
Whuppity
Stoorie?
Meet
the
Scottish
Rumpelstiltskin
in
this
international
fairy
tale.
A
version
of
Rumpelstiltskin
was
collected
and
published
in
Germany
by
the
Brothers
Grimm
in
the
early
19
th
century. In England we find Tom Tit Tot, while in Wales there is Gwarwyn-a-throt.
Thought
to
be
from
whippert
or
whippet
,
a
small
nimble
person,
and
scour
or
stour
meaning
flying
in
a
whirl
of
dust.
Once
upon
a
time
in
Kittlerumpit,
a
Goodwife's
husband
went
to
the
fair
and
never
returned;
she
was
left
alone
with
her
baby
son
and
owning
only
a
big
sow.
The
sow
was
about
to
farrow,
and
she
hoped
for
a
good
litter,
but
one
day
she
went
to
the
pen
to
find
the
sow
dying.
She
was
distraught,
and
a
fairy
woman
asked
what
she
would
give
her
if
she
helped
the
sow.
The
woman
promised
her
anything
she
liked.
She
saved
the
sow
and
demanded
the
baby.
Though
she
would
not
listen
to
any
pleas,
she
did
tell
the
woman
that
under
the
fairy
laws,
she
had
to
wait
three
days,
and
the
woman
could
stop
her
by
telling
her
her
name.
The
woman
was
distraught
the
first
day,
but
the
second,
she
went
for
a
walk,
and
in
the
forest,
she
found
a
quarry
where
the
fairy
is
spinning
and
singing
that her name is Whuppity Stoorie.
When
the
fairy
came
the
next
day,
the
woman
pled
with
her
to
take
the
sow,
and
then
to
take
herself.
The
fairy
scorned
her,
asking
what
she
would
want
with
such
a
woman,
and
the
woman
said
she
knows
she
is
unworthy
to
tie the shoestrings for Whuppity Stoorie. The fairy woman went screeching away.
Not
to
be
confused
with
Whippetty
Scourie
Day
which
is
an
ancient
custom
honoured
only
in
Lanark.
The
origin
of
the
custom
is
unknown,
but
is
generally
supposed
to
herald
in
the
entrance
of
spring.
From
the
months
of
October
to
February
the
town
bell
in
the
steeple
is
not
tolled
at
six
o'clock
in
the
evening,
but
during
the
other
months
it
rings
at
that
hour
daily.
On
the
first
day
of
March,
when
the
bell
is
rung
for
the
first
time
after
its
five
months'
silence,
the
boys
of
the
town
congregate
at
the
Cross
with
a
bonnet
to
which
a
piece
of
string
is
attached,
and
so
soon
as
the
peal
of
the
bell
rings
out,
the
parish
church
is
walked
round
three
times,
and
thereafter
a
dash
is
made
to
meet
the
boys
of
New
Lanark.
On
their
meeting
there
is
a
stand-up
fight,
the
weapons used being the stringed bonnets.
WHIPPETY STOURIE
(R8x32)
Barry Priddey Sutton Coldfield Book
1- 8
1s
cross
RH,
cast
1
place,
1L
dances
up
between
2s
&
casts
round
2L
to
face
2M
while
1M
dances
between
3s
&
casts
up
round
3M
to
face
3L
9-16
1s
turn
1
st
corners
RH,
turn
partner
LH
into
½
diagonal
reel
of
4
with
2
nd
corners (1s end facing 4
th
corner - 2
nd
corners persons)
17-24
1s
turn
4
th
corners
RH,
turn
partner
LH
into
½
reel
of
4
with
1
st
corner
(1s
end
in
lines
across
-
1L
between
3s
in
1
st
place
&
1M
between 2s)
25-32
3s+1s+2s
set,
1s
¾
turn
RH
to
opposite
sides
while
3s+2s
change
places RH on sides, 2s+1s+3s set & change places with partner RH