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From Fishwife to Queen in a day!

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That really does sound like a fairy tale, doesn’t it? OK… stories of magic fishes aside, it actually happened this week!

On Saturday I was in Peterhead dressed as a fish wife for my Peterhead Tours and yesterday I was promoted to a Queen for  Fantasy Scotland at their Easter In Wonderland event! The queen in question was The Red Queen who Alice encounters amongst other chess pieces during her adventure Through The Looking Glass.

Just as the Red Queen gave Alice advice on how to become a queen, I told stories of ordinary people and their experiences with royalty – and had some wonderful subjects in my audience! Thanks to everyone who joined me for a story and thanks to Fantasy Scotland CIC for having me along!

Elsie’s New Creel

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Look at that massive smile… :😀👵🐟

Elsie the Fishwife is delighted because she knows she’ll now be travelling to our storytelling sessions in style!

I have been looking for an authentic fishwife’s creel for years, and finally I got one yesterday from Fancy That? in Edzell! (We enjoyed our nosey around at all the other amazing things and will have a nosey at their shop Ivy’s Emporium next time we’re in Banff)

The creel came from Whitehills near Banff and has been well looked after, so it’s perfect for another few decades use. If you would like a fully costumed storytelling fishwife for your event, please don’t hesitate to get in touch

A photo of an elderly female puppet dressed as a traditional fishwife from the north east of Scotland. She is wearing a white mutch cap on her grey hair, a cloak made of checked woollen material a white blouse and a red and white striped apron. She is sitting inside an antique woven creel which is just the perfect size to hold her.