Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - Jack's wizard master turned against him, but Jack used shape...
Contributors - Betsy Whyte
Reporters - Alan J. Bruford

Summary - Jack's wizard master turned against him, but Jack used shape-changing to escape.

A ship's captain, who was really a black laird [laird of the black arts], took young Jack away and taught him. Jack beat the wizard at magic, so the wizard changed him into a horse and tied him up without water. A girl took pity on him, and he escaped into a stream as a salmon, pursued by the wizard as an otter. He changed into a ring on a woman's finger, and the wizard offered to work on her house. Jack told her not to hand over the ring, but to scatter peas and barley. Jack changed into a grain of barley, the wizard changed into a cock, and Jack changed into a fox and killed the wizard. [Tape ends abruptly.]

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:13:12
Date Recorded - 1981.11.27
Language - Scots
Genre - Story
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 80624
Original Tape ID - SA1981.063
Original Track ID - SA1981.63
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Recording Location:
  County - Midlothian
  Parish - Edinburgh
  Village - Edinburgh

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/80624/1


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