Mar a fhuair amadan às le ceannaiche a mhurt 's e a' smaoine...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1957.42.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
How a fool got away with murdering a pedlar he thought stole something from him.
A widow's son went to sell a cow. He was a fool. On the way he met a drover who asked what he wanted for the cow. "Something," he replied. The drover spat in the boy's hand and told him to take that home to his mother.
One his way home he fell and lost the spit. He met a pedlar, who spat. The boy thought that was his "something". He choked the pedlar and took the spit from his mouth.
He went home and told his mother what had happened and she told him to go and get the pedlar. They buried his body in the garden. Later, the old woman replaced it with a dead goat.
The police came searching for the pedlar and the boy, Dan, told them what happened, but they thought he was a fool. He opened the grave to show them. He picked up the goat and said, "Did the pedlar have horns?" The police went away none the wiser.
Item Notes
'Char' in Gaelic is an alternative for 'chaidh'.
Recording Location
County - Sutherland
Parish - Farr
Village/Place - Armadale
Language
English, Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good