Dimàirt Inid.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
02 November 1958
Track ID
37008
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1958.157.7
Original Tape ID
Summary
Shrove Tuesday.
Shrove Tuesday was the day before Lent started. There used to be a big feast on the evening of shrove Tuesday. It was believed that something bad would happen during Easter if Shrove Tuesday was not properly celebrated. There is a saying attached: see Gaelic.
The contributor's great-grandmother (who lived to be 120) was once without a chicken for Shrove Tuesday. A pigeon came in, and so it was killed instead.
Recording Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Barra
Island - Vatersay
Language
Gaelic
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good