According to (maybe apocraphal) family stories, in the 1980s my uncle befriended a jackdaw who stole cigarettes for him from the nearby pub and brought them to his window. Maybe this crow will start bringing you gold coins or something!

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I see what you mean! Let’s hope Eric will be kind enough to have a wee go. Actually! I just remembered Martin Eastwell made an album of the music from Wemyss…that might point somewhere!

Hi Sonya, so according to Evelyn Stell’s thesis it is either ‘ane mask’ or ‘ballat’ so most likely a tune to dance to, but I can’t be sure. The list of instrumental contents are on page 220. Happy to chat about the possibilities! theses.gla.ac.uk/76280/1/1383...

Hi Sonya, I can check the contents for this and think I might know but it’ll have to wait til tomorrow. Would love to hear more about your research!

I've considered editing it down into an article (or two?), but I could never muster the enthusiasm to return to the project. Perhaps now is the time? Well, not now but post-PhD...?