What's the Name of That Book??? discussion

Hello,

I'm not looking for a book, so much as a story.

A long time ago I found a book of Scottish Folk Tales (paperback compilation, possibly a Penguin book, from the 70s or 80s). One of the stories (the first) was about Why You Should Always Have a Tale To Tell.

The story is about a traveller who takes shelter from a storm in a house on the moors, his host suggests they tell stories to pass the time. However the traveller knows no stories so he goes to bed early. That night a sound wakes him and he goes outside - he is then chased across the moors by *something* and tries to escape by swimming a river etc etc The next morning he is back at the house and leaves as soon as possible. The last thing his host says to him is about how now he'll always have a story to tell.

Does anyone know a version of this story? Or the book it was in? I'd really like to rediscover the details!

Many thanks!

Here is a version of it I think it has several other versions too.

http://folktalesandstorytelling.wikis...

Thank you! Just what I wanted.
Guess I was barking up the wrong google-trees when I searched for it.

(also just figured out that The Storyteller TV show has a version called A Story Short, but it's quite different)