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Auld Yule Een

Date 07 January 1973
Track ID 81530
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1973.6.1

Original Tape ID

SA1973.006

Summary

Local poem in which a man meets a trow [troll] on Auld Yule Een and is invited to a trow dance.

Composed by Thomas Sutherland of Unst (Tom Tulloch's uncle) about 1932.

Item Notes

Composed by Thomas Sutherland of Unst c. 1932.

Auld Yule fell on the 5th January after the calendar reform of 1752, and continued to be celebrated on this day (or latterly the 6th or 7th January) until recently.

Language

Scots

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good