Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - An t-uachdaran a chaill an oighreachd.
Contributors - Angus MacLellan
Reporters - Calum Iain Maclean

Summary - The landlord tricked by his wife into losing his estate.

A landlord asked a crofter three questions. He had to answer them in three days or be put to death. His daughter told him the answers. The landlord asked to marry her because she was so clever. She agreed on condition that she could take three things with her if he put her out of the house.

Two crofters on the estate fell out about the ownership of a colt. The landlord and his wife also fell out with each other about the matter. He asked her to leave. She took with her the child, the estate documents and the landlord himself. She put the child and documents back inside and told the landlord to leave. The heir to the estate and the documents were hers.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:11:03
Date Recorded - 1960.01.23
Language - Gaelic
Genre - Story
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 47331
Original Tape ID - SA1960.036
Original Track ID - SA1960.36.A6a; A6b
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R

Classification - AT922;


Recording Location:
  County - Inverness-shire
  Parish - South Uist
  Island - South Uist

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/47331/1


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