An old Traveller and his wife are given three wishes by a fa...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1979.15.5
Original Tape ID
Summary
An old Traveller and his wife are given three wishes by a fairy, but waste them and end up with nothing.
An old Traveller man and woman were sitting by the roadside having a rest and a smoke when the man saw a little fairy man in Highland dress on top of his pipes. The fairy gave the Travellers three wishes. In a town the woman saw some tattie beetles [potato mashers] hanging outside an ironmonger's shop and wished she had one. It was in her hand immediately. The old man was annoyed at her for wasting a wish, and said he wished the tattie beetle was stuck up her [Betsy Whyte does not say the word]. This happened, and they had to use the last wish to get the tattie beetle out.
Recording Location
County - Midlothian
Parish - Edinburgh
Village/Place - Edinburgh
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good