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A wicked stepmother inadvertently has her own daughter kille...

Date 1956
Track ID 14337
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1956.175.A1

Original Tape ID

SA1956.175

Summary

A wicked stepmother inadvertently has her own daughter killed.

A long time ago, the man who occupied a castle at Weem was widowed, and remarried. He had a daughter, and his new wife also had a daughter of her own. She didn't like her stepdaughter, and arranged to have her killed by a wild priest who lived in the mountains. The two girls were always together, so the stepmother gave her stepdaughter a bracelet to wear, so the priest could identify her. She sent the two girls to find a lost calf on the mountain. But the stepdaughter admired the bracelet and the girl gave it to her, so the wild priest took the wrong girl. Her mother went mad when she heard, and committed suicide.

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Village/Place - Blairgowrie

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Weem

Village/Place - Weem

Language

English, Scots

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Classification

AT403

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good