num_pages: 304
description: Traditional stories of Scotland told in the tents of the travelling tinkers of Scotland. Duncan Williamson tells the stories told to him while he was a travelling tinker in Argyll and after that period he became a professional storyteller and became famous all over the world.
language: English
title: A Thorn in the King's Foot: Folktales of the Scottish Travelling People
titlecomplete: A Thorn in the King's Foot: Folktales of the Scottish Travelling People
ratings_count: 10
places: Scotland
publisher: Puffin Books