Setting riddles and other pastimes on Yell.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1973.1.2a; SA1973.1.2b; 2c; 2d; 2e; 3; 4
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Summary
Setting riddles and other pastimes on Yell.
Some guddicks [riddles] from Yell, including one about the moon and one about milking. Setting guddicks was referred to as 'laying up guddicks'. Some guddicks were adult in nature.
Another form of entertainment was drawing lines in the ash to represent boys, which the girls picked out randomly by reciting a verse; the other youngsters would try to figure out through questioning which was which. Another game involved passing the tongs while repeating a dialect saying; a mistake led to punishment.
Item Notes
See:
'Scottish Studies' 4, no. 180 ff.; no. 122 ff.
Item Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Yell
Island - Yell
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good