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How the figures of a horse and a deer came to be on Mormond...

Date
Track ID 22462
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.167.A15

Original Tape ID

SA1960.167

Summary

How the figures of a horse and a deer came to be on Mormond Hill.

It is said that the reason there is a white horse and a deer on Mormond Hill is that a deer chased a white horse round the hill until they both dropped dead, the horse on one side of the hill and the deer on the other.

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Old Deer

Village/Place - Fetterangus

Item Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Village/Place - Mormond Hill

Language

Scots

Genre

Story

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good