Description of burkers and their dress.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
August 1954
Track ID
10223
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1954.93.B6
Original Tape ID
Summary
Description of burkers and their dress.
The burkers were not the students themselves: the students paid men for the job. They wore long black coats with tippets, black lum-hats [top-hats] and white dickies.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good