The Tattie Howkers

Contributors

Stewart, Jean, 1912-1962 (820)

Fieldworkers

Henderson, Hamish, 1919-2002 (10) Kennedy, Peter, 1922-2006 (804)

Date

Track ID 3641

Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1955.79.B6

Original Tape ID

Summary

A short rhyme about tattie howkers [potato lifters] coming down the Broomielaw in Glasgow.

Item Notes

One verse. Parody on 'Wha saw the Forty-second', a Crimean War era rhyme from Glasgow.

Recording Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Blairgowrie

Village/Place - Blairgowrie

Item Location

County - Lanarkshire

Parish - Glasgow

Village/Place - Glasgow

Language

Scots

Genre

Collection

Classification

R8250 R13073 GD1628

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good