Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - A murder over a girl and the ghostly horse that haunts the f...
Contributors - Jnr. Peter Leith
Reporters - Alan J. Bruford

Summary - A murder over a girl and the ghostly horse that haunts the field.

Two men, who were rivals for a girl, were threshing corn near Stromness when one man struck the other on the head with his flail and killed him. He covered the body with straw and that night took the body to the craigs [cliffs] on a horse. The horse knocked part of a dyke down on the way. Traditionally, that dyke will not stay standing, however many times it is rebuilt. There is also supposed to be a ghostly horse in the field.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:01:08
Date Recorded - 1966.08.31
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Story, Information
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 59752
Original Tape ID - SA1966.046
Original Track ID - SA1966.46
Audio Quality - Fair
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Orkney
  Parish - Stenness
  Island - Orkney Mainland


Item Location:
  County - Orkney
  Parish - Stromness
  Island - Orkney Mainland

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/59752/1


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