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The Lady of Lawers cursed the Breadalbanes, and predicted th...

Fieldworkers
Date April 1964
Track ID 18237
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.15.B20

Original Tape ID

SA1964.015

Summary

The Lady of Lawers cursed the Breadalbanes, and predicted the break-up of the estate.

The Lady of Lawers was the last holder of the small estate of the Campbells of Lawers. She was dispossessed by the Breadalbanes and put a curse on them that there would never be three generations succeeding one another. She said that the Breadalbane Estate would be put together in hides and go in thongs. The estate, which was once one of the biggest in Scotland, stretching from Aberfeldy to the Islands of Luing and Kerrera, was completely broken up.

Item Subject/Person

Lady of Lawers; Campbells, Earls of Breadalbane

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Killin

Village/Place - Killin

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Kenmore

Village/Place - Lawers

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good