John Allan is on trial for the capital crime of sheep-steali...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1952.008.B5 (B16)
Original Tape ID
Summary
John Allan is on trial for the capital crime of sheep-stealing. The lawyer's fee is £2 and he advises John to diddle. When the judge asks how he pleads, he diddles. The judge thinks he is a mad fool but again he is charged with horse stealing and contempt of court. Again he diddles, and the case is dismissed. His lawyer asks for his £2 and John diddles at him, outwitting the judge and his own lawyer.
Willie Mathieson doesn't remember where he got the story.
Item Notes
Text transcribed in School of Scottish Studies. Story with mouth music and conversation interspersed. Story written out in Willie Mathieson's MSS (III:114), but not told in precisely the same words.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Ellon
Village/Place - Ellon
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good