Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - A man enchanted by a laird of the black art changes sex then...
Contributors - Betsy Whyte
Reporters - Peter R. Cooke; Dr Linda Williamson

Summary - A man enchanted by a laird of the black art changes sex then changes back again during a storytelling session.

A laird of the black art had a farm. Everyone had to tell a story at the annual ceilidh, and the biggest lie would win a guinea. They had a big pot of sowans [Betsy Whyte explains what this is] and sat round taking their turn with a story. A simple cattleman said when it was his turn that he had nothing to tell, so the laird sent him out to clean his boat. When the man got into the boat to bail it out it took off with him across the water.

Halfway across the man realised he had changed into a young woman. At the other side 'she' was met by a young man, and they eventually married and had children. Then one day the girl saw the boat she had come in and stepped into it. It took off across the water again, and the girl changed back into a cattleman. When the cattleman got back the ceilidh was still in progress. He told what had happened to him, and won the guinea for the biggest lie.


Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:06:04
Date Recorded - 1975.02.28
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Story
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 76671
Original Tape ID - SA1975.010
Original Track ID - SA1975.10
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R


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Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/76671/1


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