Stewart Travellers are descended from Jacobite nobility who...
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Date
Track ID
21795
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.140.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
Stewart Travellers are descended from Jacobite nobility who married Gypsies.
The Stewarts have rebel blood. They came from the Highlands and fought at Culloden with Bonnie Prince Charlie. When the Jacobite nobles had to take refuge in caves, Gypsy women stole food for them, and some of the Jacobites married Gypsy women. Ned and Lucy Stewart emphasise that it is true that their branch of the Stewarts is of royal descent.
Item Subject/Person
Stewart Traveller family
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good