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Supernatural creatures: the tangie and the dreaded njuggle.

Date 1954
Track ID 30954
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1954.111.3

Original Tape ID

SA1954.111

Summary

Supernatural creatures: the tangie and the dreaded njuggle.

John Robertson tells of the habits of the tangie, which lay in wait in burns [streams] and caught people walking across at night; and the njuggle [water horse] which would ride over the banks [cliffs] with its victims.

Recording Location

County - Shetland

Parish - Yell

Island - Yell

Village/Place - Burravoe

Item Location

County - Shetland

Language

Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good