In 1958, Caroline and I were camping with "Blind Sandy Stewart" (Ailidh Dall) and his family in Sutherland, near the Kyle of Tongue. This was a group of Gaelic-speaking "travellers" who winter in Lairg, but travel for about six months of the year in horse-drawn wagons, living in tents. We were recording "Ossian" tales from "Blind Sandy," and songs from anyone who sang. The point of this is just that I asked "How far east do your travels take you? Do you go over into Caithness?" "No," I was immediately told, "They're no' Scots; they're Norwegians!"

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