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Mar a fhuair 'Sgrìob Liath an Earraich' an t-ìm.

Date June 1960
Track ID 49330
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.94.A5

Original Tape ID

SA1960.094

Summary

How 'Sgrìob Liath an Earraich' got the butter.

It was customary to store butter during the summer and autumn to see them through the scarcity of 'Sgrìob Liath an Earraich' ["the grey journey/scrape of spring" or similar]. One housewife put the butter aside, and one day she had to go out. She left the house in the care of her daughter. A poor old man came to the door. She asked him if he was Sgrìob Liath an Earraich, and he said that he was. She gave him the butter and off he went.

Recording Location

County - Inverness-shire

Parish - Barra

Island - Vatersay

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Classification

AT1541

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair