The Blue Coat or Snip Snip

Where it came from

Chris Smith recorded Snip Snip for our audio collection. He first heard it told by Roger Cullen and has since heard it told by dozens of storytellers.

Where it went next

Former storytelling laureate Taffy Thomas retold it in Taffy’s Coat Tales. Taffy heard it from Scottish traveller storyteller Duncan Williamson. There is also a version called The Blue Coat in Hugh Lupton’s The Story Tree: Tales to Read Aloud.