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The Horseman's Word initiation.

Contributors
Date June 1962
Track ID 24630
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1962.24.B1

Original Tape ID

SA1962.024

Summary

The Horseman's Word initiation.

The contributor was "put through the caff-hoose" [the Horseman's Word initiation] at Burnshangie near Strichen at the age of fourteen, but is not sure whether his experience was just a spoof: he was too young, and not of the farmservant class. He agrees that he was blindfolded and given the "shak of old Hornie" [the Devil's hoof to shake].

Item Notes

The fieldworker's questions are faint.

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Strichen

Village/Place - Burnshangie

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good