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Thread #19214 Message #194630
Posted By: Metchosin
14-Mar-00 - 05:51 AM
Thread Name: Help: What are the Buchan Humlies
Subject: What are the Buchan Humlies
I was recently given a box of 78 RPM recordings of Scottish Folkdance music by Jimmy Shand on the Beltona lable, from the 1930's. A number of tunes, such as the "Pap of Glencoe" (march) and "Mrs. Stewart of Grantully" (strathspey and reel), are said to be "from the Buchan Humlies". The only reference I can find for "the Buchan Humlies" is that of a a breed of "a breed of Scottish cattle". Since I can't quite get my mind around a bunch of dancing cows, does anyone know what are "the Buchan Humlies" referred to on the records?