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The place where Queen Mary's horse got bogged.

Date 1970
Track ID 67731
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1970.373

Original Tape ID

SA1970.373

Summary

The place where Queen Mary's horse got bogged.

Willie Scott was allowed off school one day to show the late Sheriff Boyd of Jedburgh the place where Mary Queen of Scots' horse got bogged when she was on her way to visit Bothwell. Fifty years later Willie Scott came to that place to work as a shepherd, and was there for nine years.

Item Subject/Person

Scott, Willie [The Border Shepherd]

Item Location

Village/Place - The Borders

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good