Nightly Bedtime Story Podcast · Nightly Bedtime Story Podcast
Finn and the Scottish Giant
·16 min·1 clip
The giant foolishly reveals that his strength lies in one finger, just before 'baby' Finn squeezes water from a whey ball.
As heard by us
A traditional giant tale where patience beats bluster and the causeway story lands cleanly.
Finn and the Scottish Giant is a familiar folktale about strength meeting wit, with the landscape explanation giving the story its shape. Kevin Hayes tells it like a bedtime story, and the pace stays steady as the giant boasts, Finn keeps out of sight, and the foster mother…
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You want a bedtime folktale about Finn and a giant, with a bridge-of-rock payoff at the end.
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