Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Wigtownshire superstitions and Sabbath observance.
Contributors - Grace P. MacQueen
Reporters - Prof. John MacQueen

Summary - Wigtownshire superstitions and Sabbath observance.

Grace MacQueen rejects superstition as Hielan [Highland], but agrees that local people were very superstitious in the past. Jack MacQueen's Aunt Jane wouldn't wear green as being unlucky - nothing to do with green [Catholic] versus orange [Protestant]. Sabbath observance in Mrs MacQueen's family was not strict, but her father would not let the children sew or play games on Sunday, although he was not a church-goer. Her mother considered it unlucky to cut hair or nails on Sundays. No girls were allowed to go to the jigging of the herring [catching herring by jerking on a wire frame fitted with fish-hooks], but were allowed onto the boats otherwise.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:03:51
Date Recorded - 1972.08.15
Language - English
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 31157
Original Tape ID - SA1972.156
Original Track ID - SA1972.156.A(e)
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Wigtownshire
  Village - Galloway


Item Location:
  County - Wigtownshire
  Parish - Kirkmaiden

Item Notes - Mrs MacQueen is Jack MacQueen's mother; her sister Jane Galloway is the 'Aunt Jane' referred to.

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/31157/1


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