Stories about the fighting 'King o Nochty'.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.191.8
Original Tape ID
Summary
Stories about the fighting 'King o Nochty'.
Jimmy Bremner, known as the King o Nochty, had a man down and tried to put out his eye, but it was too slippery. Others thought that this was a terrible thing, but he said that he wanted to leave a mark on him, to show him who was master.
A lad from Cromar came to challenge him. He was bigger than the King, who wasn’t too sure about fighting him. So the King went into the house and brought out two swords. He invited the challenger to choose his weapon. The challenger protested that it was nieves [fists] that he fought with, but the King said that it was swords that he fought with, and the challenger went away.
Item Subject/Person
Bremner, Jimmy [the King o Nochty]
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Strathdon
Village/Place - Strathdon
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good