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Thug Niall an car às a' ghàidsear.

Date 29 July 1963
Track ID 17412
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1963.36.B12

Original Tape ID

SA1963.036

Summary

Neil tricked the drunken gauger.

A man called Neil had illicit whisky when the gauger appeared, drunk. He said he would let him off if he could sleep with his sister. Neil agreed, and then gave the gauger more drink until he fell asleep. He put him to bed and slept beside him himself. In the morning, he told the gauger he had been with the sister.

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good