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Girls washed their faces in May dew, but the only other May...

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 18002
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.15.A17

Original Tape ID

SA1964.015

Summary

Girls washed their faces in May dew, but the only other May celebration was the Queen's birthday.

When Bill Walker was a boy, girls used to wash their faces in the dew on 1st May. There were no other May Day celebrations. On 24th May, Queen Victoria's birthday, the shooting tenant at Glen Lochy used to fire a 21-gun salute from a small cannon.

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Killin

Village/Place - Killin

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Killin

Village/Place - Killin

Language

English

Genre

Information

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good