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Traveller families in the Killin area, and anecdotes regardi...

Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID 50952
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1964.028.B12; SA1964.028.B13

Original Tape ID

SA1964.028

Summary

Traveller families in the Killin area, and anecdotes regarding Coinneach Odhar.

The contributor recounts the Traveller families that frequented the area surrounding Killin. A woman by the name of Jean Johnston gave the contributor a luck stone that belonged to her Traveller family, as a token of gratitude for the kindness shown to her by both him and his father. The stone was a piece of flint with a hole through it. The contributor relates that Coinneach Odhar, the Brahan Seer, used a similar stone to predict the future. He recounts some anecdotes about Coinneach Odhar.

Item Notes

For further information on Coinneach Odhar, see [[http://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/b/brahanseer.html]] (accessed 9 December 2010).

Item Subject/Person

Coinneach Odhar [the Brahan Seer]

Item Location

County - Perthshire

Parish - Killin

Language

English

Collection

SoSS

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good