Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Conversation about Belle Stewart telling stories to her gran...
Contributors - Belle Stewart
Reporters - Prof. Kenneth Goldstein

Summary - Conversation about Belle Stewart telling stories to her grandchildren.

Belle Stewart tells her grandchildren stories about children whose parents get drunk and leave them without anything to eat, or clothes or a warm bed; and she asks them, "Would you like that kind of Mammy?"

"Oh, no."

She likes to let them hear the hard side of life. The children reply to her within the story, and imagine what it would be like if it was them. Heatherbell, aged nine or ten, will greet [cry] sometimes. Belle doesn't tell them magic or fairy stories: they can read fairy stories in books. Telling stories is another way of putting things. The younger children prefer Belle's stories to Alec Stewart's magic tales, even up to the age of nine or ten. Gregor likes to feel that he is part of his grandmother's story. She confirms that she makes up ghost stories also.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:02:51
Date Recorded - 1969.12.29
Language - English
Genre - Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 326
Original Tape ID - SA1969.196
Original Track ID - SA1969.196.A10
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Perthshire
  Parish - Blairgowrie

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/326/1


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