Wee Reid Ridin Hood

Wee Reid Ridin Hood is a fairy tale anent a wee lass an the wolf.

Wee Reid Ridin Hood

History

Internaitionally, the storie has existed for a millennium, the modern telling wus first published in German leid bi the Brithers Grimm in 1812. Modern Scots versions hae pared doon the storie tae its bare bones.

Characters

Wee Reid Ridin Hood - wus a lass between the ages o six year tae a quine in her twenties.

The Big Bad Wolf - An archetype of the baddie in falk-lore and modern upmakkin.

Grannie - iz Wee Reid's grandmother, usually auld an frail an no weel, she bed either in the deep dirk wid or ower the either side. She is often consumed whole bi the Big Bad Wolf, and then retrieved by the forrester cuttin open the wolf.

The Forester - an kent the wood cutter, an occasionally Reid Ridin Hood's faithier, arrives at the end o the tale tae slauchtir wolf wi his aix.

Themes

In Matthew Fitt's translation o Roald Dahl Reekin Rhymes our quine kills the wolf and turn him intae a wolfskin coat. This is echoed in Sheena Blackhall's poem where it is a metaphor fae hirsuit Celtic weemin.