Mr MacGregor describes wedding customs current in the Tomint...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1959.100.B5
Original Tape ID
Summary
Mr MacGregor describes wedding customs current in the Tomintoul area when he was young.
Penny weddings were before Mr MacGregor's time. When he was a child the best man in a wedding party would throw pennies to the schoolchildren. After the wedding there would be a housewarming. He knows of the custom of stealing the bride: a bride was stolen locally and carried through the river. He remembers the feet-washings and the sore heads the morning after. He also remembers blackening the feet of the bride the night before the wedding. Whisky was always drunk at weddings.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Crathie and Braemar
Village/Place - Braemar
Item Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Kirkmichael
Village/Place - Tomintoul
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good