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Choisich Alasdair Mòr 58 mìle an taobh a-staigh 24 uairean a...

Date 24 January 1960
Track ID 47517
Part 1
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Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.38.A4+B1

Original Tape ID

SA1960.038

Summary

Alasdair Mòr walked 58 miles in less than 24 hours to get flour.

There was a flour shortage. The first day, Alasdair Mòr went to two shops in Lochskiport but they had no flour. He took home a stone of biscuits. In the small hours of the following morning, he went to the shop in Lochboisdale but they had no flour either. From there he continued on to Donald Ferguson where he got five stones of flour. He walked home with the flour on his back. That made a total of 58 miles altogether in less than 24 hours.

Item Subject/Person

Alasdair Mòr

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Item Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - South Uist

Island - South Uist

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good