Author: Barrowsgate
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Jiner an’ Boatbuilder
A carpenter builds a boat for use on the Loch, but finds it’s too big to get it out of the workshop.
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Tam’s Prayer Meetin’
Wull doesn’t want to attend the prayer meeting that Hilly organises every Saturday night and decides to frighten the minister away.
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Oor Ferm Billies
Wull, who works on Hilly’s farm is a bit of a scruff. When Hilly had visitors coming, he told Wull to make himself look half-respectable. Wull took this literally.
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Fitey’s Timmer Speen
After Mistress Barrowsgate found herself sitting in redcurrent jam, Fitey makes her a large wooden spoon.
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Roups an Rockin Cheers
Mistress Barrowsgate buys a rocking chair at an auction and soon takes flight.
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“Flitteronomy” – Beuk II
Barrowsgate continues his translation from the ancient scriptures. Note: Barrowsgate’s son George, who was a student at Leith Nautical College, moved his lodgings to the Edinburgh suburb of Joppa in June 1939.