A Traveller lad is chased by a water kelpie; discussion of m...
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1979.26.B4
Original Tape ID
Summary
A Traveller lad is chased by a water kelpie; discussion of monsters.
On a hot summer's day, Jockie Cameron, a young Traveller, decided to fish for pearls in the river near Park. He met a handsome, dark man who was fishing on the other side of the river. The man tricked him into deep water. Looking through his pearl-fishing jug, Jockie saw that the man had cloven feet. He was a water kelpie, half man and half horse. Jock ran for his life, leaving his clothes behind. He learned that many people had been drowned at that spot.
Stanley Robertson learned the story from his grandfather. He recalls an occasion when he was pearl fishing with Terry Higgins and they saw some kind of beast sitting on a rock in the water. Barbara McDermitt mentions a monster in the form of a worm, and Stanley dismisses the story of the Lanimer [sic] Worm as boring.
Item Notes
The story alluded to is that of the Lambton Worm.
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Item Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Drumoak
Village/Place - West Park
Language
English, Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good