Auld Yule Een
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
Track ID
81530
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1973.6.1
Original Tape ID
Summary
Local poem in which a man meets a trow [troll] on Auld Yule Een and is invited to a trow dance.
Composed by Thomas Sutherland of Unst (Tom Tulloch's uncle) about 1932.
Item Notes
Composed by Thomas Sutherland of Unst c. 1932.
Auld Yule fell on the 5th January after the calendar reform of 1752, and continued to be celebrated on this day (or latterly the 6th or 7th January) until recently.
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good