A burker story about a man's ugliness is cast up to his desc...
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
44611
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1978.12.A7
Original Tape ID
Summary
A burker story about a man's ugliness is cast up to his descendant.
There was a Traveller who was the ugliest man on earth. One night burkers came to his camp, but when they saw him, they ran for their lives. Years later, a woman descended from this man was arguing with Stanley Robertson's mother, who brought it up that this woman's people were too ugly even for the burkers to take.
Item Notes
Burkers were murderers who killed to sell the bodies to anatomists. The name is from the notorious Burke (of Burke and Hare), who was hanged in 1829.
Language
English, Scots
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Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good