Animal husbandry and the shieling.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.19.1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Animal husbandry and the shieling.
As a boy, Duncan MacDonell's father went to the shieling [summer pasture with rough accommodation] in April. They took the cows there to calve. The women milked them and made butter and cheese. The reason was to save the grass at home, to keep the cows out of the crops, and to benefit from the grass on the hills. The bothies were made of turves with birch cover. The men came up with horses from time to time. Mr MacDonell has heard that they would put barrels of cream on either side of a horse, and by the time they got home the motion of the horse had turned it to butter.
Item Notes
Transcribed in School of Scottish Studies.
Item Location
County - Inverness-shire
Parish - Boleskine and Abertarff
Village/Place - Foyers
Language
English
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good