Destroying dogs for lack of food.There was a practice of...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
1953
Track ID
218
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.19.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
Destroying dogs for lack of food.
There was a practice of destroying dogs in the lean month of July, when the dogs used to go mad with hunger, in case they would go into the parks [fields] and worry the animals. This was called 'hang the dogs' [the expression is also given in Gaelic].
Item Notes
Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Boleskine and Abertarff
Village/Place - Foyers
Language
English, Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair