Ceilidhing in Reay
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
July 1955
Track ID
15638
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.76.A3
Original Tape ID
Summary
Ceilidhing in Reay
The men in particular visited their neighbours during the winter. A blacksmith called Hugh Campbell was a great orator in English and Gaelic. The ceilidhs would last from 4 pm (when it got dark) until about midnight. The men told stories of ghosts and witchcraft. The women of the house would give them drinks of tea, sowens or whisky. A man called Mr Matheson often made the contributor so frightened by his ghost stories, that he wouldn't go to the door for peats.
Item Location
County - Caithness
Parish - Reay
Village/Place - Reay
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good