Search

Nithean toirmisgte agus mì-shealbhach do dh'iasgairean.

Date 22 February 1969
Track ID 30472
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1969.08.A10; A11

Original Tape ID

SA1969.008

Summary

Fishermen's taboos and things they considered unlucky.

Fishermen believed that certain creatures and people were unlucky, and some would return home if they met any of them, such as a pig, a hare, a left-handed man, a red-haired woman, or a minister. They didn't whistle in the fishing boat. It was unlucky to turn the boat anticlockwise, and there were other things which had to be done clockwise.

Item Location

County - Argyllshire

Parish - Kilchoman

Island - Islay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good