Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - An old Traveller couple taken by burkers.
Contributors - Maggie Stewart
Reporters - Hamish Henderson

Summary - An old Traveller couple taken by burkers.

Maggie Stewart's father told her a story about burkers around Macduff. In her grandfather's family there were about nineteen people, including big grown-up sons. Maggie's grandparents got so drunk in Macduff that they couldn't come home to the campsite. So the family went to where they were. An old couple camped nearby were left alone, and the burkers' coach came for them in the night. When Maggie's family returned in the morning, all the old couple's stuff was there, but the camp was torn up, and they were gone.


Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:58
Date Recorded - 1954.08
Language - Scots
Genre - Story, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 10222
Original Tape ID - SA1954.093
Original Track ID - SA1954.93.B6
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Aberdeenshire
  Parish - Aberdeen
  Village - Aberdeen


Item Location:
  County - Banffshire
  Parish - Gamrie
  Village - Macduff

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/10222/1


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