This is Halloween, and the Morn's Hallowday
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
13 July 1985
Track ID
84665
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1985.254
Original Tape ID
Summary
A Halloween guising song from the perspective of a servant looking forward to the end of the term [farmservant's contractual period] at Martinmas:
This is Halloween, and the morn's Hallowday,
Nine nichts tae Mertinmas, we'll all be away.
This is Halloween, and the morn's Hallowday,
Nine nichts tae Mertinmas, we'll all be away.
Recording Location
County - Angus
Parish - Arbroath and St Vigeans
Village/Place - Arbroath
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good