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Orkneyjar - The Tale of the Copinsay Brownie (1220 words) |
 | The story of the Copinsay Brownie is set at a time when a solitary farmer was the only occupant of the island of Copinsay. |
| Copinsay, which is now uninhabited, is a rocky little island, lying off the south-eastern shore of Deerness, the most easterly parish of the Orkney Mainland. |
| The tale of the Copinsay Brownie has some remarkably similar traits with the Shetland folklore surrounding Broonie, the King of the Trows. |
| Orkneyjar - Broonie the King of the Trows (490 words) |
| This little story was recorded in Shetland around 1888 and is interesting because of the obvious similarities it shares with the Orkney story of the Copinsay Brownie. |
| In Shetland folklore, the creature known in Orkney as a hogboon seems to have become known as a "Broonie" - whether this is purely because of the influence of the Scottish domestic spirit - the brownie - or simply a corruption of the Norse element "bui" is not clear. |
| The similarities between the tale of Hughbo the Copinsay Brownie and Broonie the King of Trowland, in particular the offence taken at receiving a cloak, would indicate that the two tales share a common ancestry. |
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