Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Names and reputations of traveller families.
Contributors - Jeannie Robertson
Reporters - Hamish Henderson
Item Person - MacPhee Traveller clan; Livingstone Traveller clan

Summary - Names and reputations of Traveller families..

'Macatooties' was a by-name for the MacPhees, because there was a belief amongst Travellers that it was unlucky to mention the MacPhees by name in the morning. Many Travellers would also turn back if they saw a MacPhee in the morning.

There was an old man, a Robertson, whose by-name was 'Bannock'. He was an unlucky man to meet, and Travellers would turn back if they saw him in the morning.

The Livingstones could hardly walk for pride; they all adopted a strange gait that made them pirn-taed [pigeon-toed].

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:37
Date Recorded - 1954.08
Language - Scots
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 10279
Original Tape ID - SA1954.094
Original Track ID - SA1954.94.B5; SA1954.94.B6; SA1954.94.B7
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



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

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/10279/1


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