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Saor a' dèanamh bàta le car innte.

Date August 1953
Track ID 6993
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1953.126.4

Original Tape ID

SA1953.126

Summary

A carpenter making a boat with a twist in it.

A carpenter was making a boat. Someone came along and praised it but said there was a twist (car) in it. The carpenter said he was taking it to Islay where they would take the twist (car) out of the boat and himself - i.e. deceive him [idiomatic].

Language

Gaelic

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good