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An eagle stole a baby and took it to Hoy; a line of a poem a...

Date 25 June 1969
Track ID 64344
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.54

Original Tape ID

SA1969.054

Summary

An eagle stole a baby and took it to Hoy; a line of a poem about it.

In the days when people took their children out to the fields while they were working, an eagle swooped down on a little boy who had been laid on top of a hay cole [haycock]. It carried the boy away in its talons to its nest in Hoy, and he was only recovered with great difficulty. Ethel Findlater's mother could recite a few lines of a poem about it. Ethel recalls: "The crimson cap he wore that morn was still upon his brow."

Language

English, Scots

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good