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Flying Horse of Earthdom,
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| Sound recording, story; The Flying Horse of Earthdom, wonder tale from the Scottish traveller tradition, told by Duncan Williamson, in a private performance for Ben Haggarty, in The Bothy, at Kincraigie Farm, Strathmiglo, Scotland, 8th September 1988 | |
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| A story introduced and told by Duncan Williamson. A King and Queen have two sons. The King wishes for a daughter, but when a hunch-backed third son is born, the father sends one of his men into the woods with the baby to abandon it. The baby is taken in and raised by an old hunch-backed man in Earthdom. When the hunch-backed son is grown up, his adoptive father gives him the Flying Horse of Earthdom and sends him to compete in tournaments at the palace. The hunch-backed son beats everyone, including his two brothers at bowmanship, swordmanship, and at horse racing on the flying horse. The hunch-backed son returns home, and having sought advice from a henwife, the King travels to Earthdom to find him. When the King finds him, he discovers that he is his son, and begs him to return to the palace with him. The hunch-backed son refuses. | |
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| This recording was transcribed by Linda Williamson and published in the book The Thorn in the King's Foot, by Penguin. | |
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| audience:- | storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
| recording quality | |
| condition:- | good; fair |
| completeness:- | complete |
| duration:- | 0 hours, 42 minutes, 23 seconds |
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| storytelling:- |
storyteller; singer; ballad singer: Duncan Williamson male / Scottish / traveller |
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| origin:- |
Scotland, Britain, Europe
traveller |
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| Label written by Duncan Williamson on the cover of the tape box which held the original cassette tape on which the material was recorded. | |
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| storytelling:- |
Strathmiglo, Scotland: Kincraigie Farm: The Bothy
08 Sep 1988 private performance |
| gift from:- |
storyteller: Ben Haggarty |
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