Author: Barrowsgate
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Concernin’ Grey Maitter
A mishap turns into an argument with Mistress B and Barrowsgate ill-advisedly suggests that “weemin hinna the wit tae ken they hae a wint”.
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“Jeems”, Author an’ Concoctionist
Barrowsgate tries to make rhubard roly-poly but it doesn’t seem to fit in the oven.
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A Fishing Trip in South Australia
This is a straightforward, apparently factual account of a family holiday around 1923/4 from Adelaide to Cape Jervis. Jim, Janet and the two boys set off from Adelaide in a motor car, towing a boat, packed with camping equipment behind them. The story describes the journey there and how they caught different types of fish,…
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Command performance
Some hikers arrive at the door wanting a loan of a teapot. A little later, they’re back asking why it takes so long to pour. When Barrowsgate suggests that there’s probably just a small frog inside, they all run a mile.
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The Eyn’ o’ a Perfec’ Day
The weather is calm so Barrowsgate is instructed to let out Tibbie the cow, after she had been kept inside for months. Tibbie made the most of her freedom, and it ends up not being quite the perfect day that it promised.
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Cross-Eyed Luck
This was published in the Buchan Observer in March 1937 (under the name “Anzac”) and describes an incident that Barrowsgate was involved in when in California in 1911. He was working as a horseman for an apple grower near Castroville and one of his jobs was to transport migrant Chinese apple pickers from the orchards…
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The Po’oer o Prayer
Barrowsgate needs a new tam o shanter and his wish is granted by a new one arriving in the post from an anonymous lady, complete with verses by both
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Jeck an’ Alec Mak’ History – Pairt II
Jeck an Alec had agreed to pick up Alec’s wife and Mistress Barrowsgate and give them a lift home, but the two ladies were nowhere to be seen when they reached the end of the journey.
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Jeck an’ Alec Mak’ History – Pairt I
Jeck buys a lorry to convert into a tractor but he doesn’t have a licence so he has to get Alec to drive it back from the garage.