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Story of an old woman who had the secret of long life.

Date
Track ID 229
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.19.3

Original Tape ID

SA1953.019

Summary

Story of an old woman who had the secret of long life.

There was an old woman who lived for 700 years. At the end of every hundred years she went to a secret place on Loch Cluny to renew her youth. One time she went on a misty, drizzly day and she could not find the loch in the mist. Exhausted, she crawled home and died.

Item Notes

Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies.

Item Location

County - Ross and Cromarty

Parish - Glenshiel

Village/Place - Loch Cluanie

Language

English

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good