Water kelpies explained, and discussion of Picts.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1953.245.B8
Original Tape ID
Summary
Water kelpies explained, and discussion of Picts.
Wild ducks feeding in the mire [bog] would fly up when they got scared, and this broke the iron-ore [ferric oxide] on the surface and disturbed the phosphorus. That was the older people's witches. The origin of the fairies in Scotland was the Picts, who were small people and only came out at night and danced. The Mundies of Stromness were the last of them. Charles 'Codlins' Simpson recalls one of them, who was a small man with a massive head. It is said that when he had to cross the burn [stream] to the church, his wife carried him. Discussion of the admixture of other peoples with the Picts.
Item Subject/Person
Mundie family
Recording Location
County - Banffshire
Parish - Gamrie
Village/Place - Macduff
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good