Halloween and New Year.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
19 April 1961
Track ID
65192
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.115
Original Tape ID
Summary
Halloween and New Year.
At Halloween, a sheepskin or cowskin would be carried from house to house. A rhyme was chanted, after which bannocks, bread and other food was given. They would have a party, during which games such as ducking for apples and fortune-telling would be played. The contributor remembers being in Eriskay at Halloween in 1916, whilst they were buying a boat.
New Year was kept on the 12th or 13th of January. A shinty match was played, where the different townships took part.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Portree
Island - Skye
Village/Place - Braes
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Island - Skye
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good