A scary story (and cumulative-song) about an old woman visit...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
17 February 1979
Track ID
64978
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1979.25.A1
Original Tape ID
Summary
A scary story (and cumulative-song) about an old woman visited by a headless bogeyman.
Stanley Robertson introduces a story that he calls 'The Owld Wumman', which is part song and part story. A lonely old woman wished for company, and in came a big bogey man, bit by bit, but there was no head. The old woman asked what the feet were for, and was told, "Muckle trampin," and so on with the other parts of the body. Finally, asked why he had come, he said ... "I've come tae get ye!"
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
English, Scots
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good