Sheila Stewart describes teaching ballads to children

Contributors

Stewart, Sheila, 1935-2014 (818)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10) Bruford, Alan J., 1937-1995 (14) Munro, Ailie Edmunds, 1919-2002 (2887) Cooke, Peter Rich, 1930-2020 (3279)

Date

Track ID 74636

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1977.158.7

Original Tape ID

SA1977.158

Summary

Sheila Stewart describes teaching ballads to children.

Sheila Stewart believes that children need to be told the story behind a ballad before hearing it sung in order to learn it properly. She did this with her own children and grandchildren, singing them 'The Twa Brothers' at bedtime.

Recording Location

County - Midlothian

Parish - Edinburgh

Village/Place - Edinburgh

Language

English

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good