A woman saw her lover digging her grave, and brought her fat...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1960.145.A14
Original Tape ID
Summary
A woman saw her lover digging her grave, and brought her father and brother, who saved her.
An old woman, a friend of Jean Stewart's mother, told the story of how she had seen her own grave being dug. When she was young she had two illegitimate children, and her parents told her lover to marry her or they would throw her out. Her lover arranged a meeting with her, but she came early and saw him digging a big hole. She went home and returned with her father and brother, who hid and watched. The lover tried to kill her, but her father and brother stopped him. He had been digging a grave for her.
This is a true story, told by a woman in Buchan who died about twenty years before, in her eighties.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Old Deer
Village/Place - Fetterangus
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Village/Place - Buchan
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Fair