Tobar an Dualchais - Kist O Riches

Title - A bridegroom regrets asking a skeleton to his wedding.
Contributors - Tom Tulloch
Reporters - Alan J. Bruford

Summary - A bridegroom regrets asking a skeleton to his wedding.

A bridegroom jokingly invited a skeleton to his wedding. On the wedding night, a stranger appeared at the reception in the bride's house asking for the groom. The two went into a strange house and the groom realised he was speaking to a spirit. He went back to the wedding at the break of daylight but all was silent and an old woman was in the house. She said she had heard of a wedding a long time ago where the bridegroom disappeared with a stranger and was never seen again. With that he collapsed in a pile of dust and she swept him out with the ashes.

Track Duration (h:m:s) - 00:06:36
Date Recorded - 1978.09
Language - English, Scots
Genre - Story
Collection - School of Scottish Studies

Track ID - 81476
Original Tape ID - SA1978.068
Original Track ID - SA1978.68
Audio Quality - Good
Audio Format - R2R



Item Location:
  County - Shetland
  Parish - Yell
  Island - Yell

Item Notes -

Permanent Link - http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/fullrecord/81476/1


Tweet