Two family stories of Travellers escaping from burkers.
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Luchd-clàraidh
Ceann-latha
October 1978
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Pàirt 1
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Àireamh a' Chlàir Thùsail
SA1978.160
Àireamh an Teip Thùsail
Notaichean a' Chlàir
The story about Alec Stewart's father and uncle may have happened to an older generation, and been retold in the first person for dramatic effect, as Alec Stewart does on the next track on the same tape (SA1978.160). The term 'burker' comes from William Burke (of Burke and Hare). Burke went beyond bodysnatching and committed murder in order to sell the bodies for dissection; he was hanged in 1829.
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Cruinneachadh
Cruth Inneal a' Chlàir
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