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How the contributor composes songs. The contributor explains how he creates songs. He does not keep any livestock now and when he is not busy he goes for a walk around his home. Words arrive and h...

Funeral customs, crofting, fishing, and supernatural beings. Information on the following subjects: funeral customs (including the consumption of whisky, biscuits and cheese); crofting (cattle and...

Some information on waulking and spinning. The contributor only ever saw one waulking. Every house had a spinning-wheel. The women would be engaged in knitting, dyeing, carding and spinning. They ...

Information on milking. Some cows would not yield their milk unless they were sung to. The Highland cattle were good for milk. People had churns and would make butter on a Friday. They would have ...

Information on the education that the contributor received in his youth. The contributor talks about the schooling that he got when he was young. He started school aged six and was there until he ...