Eppie Thain's shebeen.
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
2497
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1955.67.A3
Original Tape ID
Summary
Eppie Thain's shebeen.
Eppie Thain kept a shebeen. She didn’t make her own whisky, but had it delivered by farm cart. Someone told James Taylor that he remembered taking up sixteen half-ankers one summer from Bellabeg. The police also went there on a Sunday. A soutar [shoemaker], meeting them, said, “I thocht ye gaed up tae tak her.” [I thought you went up to arrest her.] “Ach,” they said, “the wumman must hae some wey o makin a livin.” It was very busy on a Sunday.
Item Notes
An anker is a size of barrel.
Item Subject/Person
Thain, Eppie
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strathdon
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good