Nicknames for Traveller clans:
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Original Track ID
SA1955.151.B2
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Summary
Nicknames for Traveller clans:
pig's lug [ear] or Perthshire racheries - Travellers from Perthshire;
breid an milk, croods [curds], brochans [gruel] – Perthshire Travellers' name for Aberdeenshire Travellers (brochans refers to the Stewarts in particular);
Macafudyins, spotty, wuddies [withy or woody], Macaspits, Macatoots – McPhees;
the Macs – McAllisters;
caal parritch [cold porridge] – Stewarts;
misers – Robertsons;
the black McDonalds from Glencoe;
the Campbells is comin, wi humps upon their back.
The contributor declines to give the names for the Higginses or Whytes or any other name for the Campbells. She can give no names for the Camerons, MacKenzies or Newlandses.
A male contributor adds that the Highland Stewarts from Inverness-shire are the 'charlochs'. No names are known for the Border Travellers (Marshalls, Blythes).
Recording Location
County - Perthshire
Parish - Blairgowrie
Village/Place - Blairgowrie
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good