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Date 05 February 1969
Track ID 49772
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.40.A7

Original Tape ID

SA1969.040

Summary

A man killed a dog because he thought it had mauled a baby.

The contributor's grandfather and granduncle went to Canada. They took a collie dog with them. One day a man they knew in Canada left the dog guarding his baby. When he returned home the cradle was upturned and there was blood round about the dog's mouth. The man killed the dog. He later saw a snake which had been killed by the dog. The child was unharmed. The man was heartbroken because he had killed the dog.

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good