This 57-minute digital download features the celebration of the hairst being finished and an evening’s entertainment at the Letter Fairm.
This rural heritage download captures;
• the farmer taking home the last of his harvest crop
• the thatching of the rucks to keep them dry over winter
• the farmer getting his barn ready
• giving out the Meal and Ale invitations by the farmer to his neighbours
• how the old-fashioned recipes are used to produce the food and drink for the evening
• the farmer and his wife welcoming the guests to his barn on the farm.
• the typical home spun entertainment which local people made for themselves
• the Bothy ballads are sung Tam and Anne Reid
• the traditional Scottish fiddle tunes
• the Scottish bagpipes are played
• story telling is featured in recitations by Robbie Shepherd
• the melodeon is expertly played Fred Davidson
• the general fun of this social rural event
• how the Meal and Ale drink was served and enjoyed
• the dancing started in the barn
• the eight some reel and the Scottish waltz is captured
• the fly cup and the home bakes were eaten
• the host farmer walking back into the farmhouse carrying his tilly lamp knowing he has had a great night.
• the fluent use of the Doric dialect of Aberdeenshire is spoken