Note about Neil Gow
| ID | JSS0085 |
| Title | Note about Neil Gow |
| Document Reference | MS2726/77 (attached words) |
| Format | 262 x 145 mm |
| Medium | pen & ink on plain paper |
| Item Type | Manuscript |
| Subject | Handwritten note, Neil Gow |
| Item Description | Skinner's manuscript of 'a racy anecdote of the veteran' fiddler Niel Gow (1727-1807) from Inver, Perthshire, connected with the strathspey Welcome Whisky Back Again (JSS0085): His delight when the prohibition was again abolished. Here is Neil's best story - (See Annals of Perthshire / an interesting volume) / Neil owed his patron----------forget details / the price of a cow - an interval at a large Ball his patron approached Neil while puttin' 'rozit' [rosin] on his bow - Neil, Neil ye've nae word o' payin' me fa [for] that coo [cow]! Neil (replied) No my Lord I wid hae been the last to mention 't gin [if] ye hidna [hadn't] deen't [done it] yersel' needless to relate Neil got the coo as a present!- [Gow's patron and landlord was the Duke of Atholl, a life-long friend.] |
| Creator | James Scott Skinner |
| Creator Manuscript | James Scott Skinner |
| Time Period | 1890's - 1900's |
| Related Images | MS2726/77 |
| Relationships | JSS0084, JSS0086 |
| Location | University of Aberdeen |
| Collection Name | Harp & Claymore |
| Copyright | http://www.abdn.ac.uk/diss/historic/documents/copyright |
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