The harvest custom of giving a bannock to the 'skitter in th...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1974.197.B5
Original Tape ID
Summary
The harvest custom of giving a bannock to the 'skitter in the slap'.
When sheaves were being taken into the barn yard after the harvest, no one liked to come in with the last sheaf. The last person in was given an unpleasant name, 'skitter [excrement] in the slap [gap in a dyke]'. The skitter in the slap received a special flour or bere [barley] meal bannock. The custom is still [1974] observed.
Item Notes
'Skitter in the slap' was also known as 'drite [excrement] in the slap' or 'drittle [lag, walk slowly] in the slap'.
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Delting
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Lunnasting, Laxo
Item Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Nesting
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Lunnasting
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good