Category: Bitties Fae Barrowsgate
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Barrowsgate in Reverse
Barrowsgate gets his new car started and reverses out of his “garage”, but a bit faster and further than he intended.
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The Trauchles o’ Tib
Barrowsgate gets into trouble because Tibbie the cow got out when he wasn’t even at home.
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Hens Various an’ Herrin Nets
Barrowsgate couldn’t get the chickens back into the hen house, until he remembered the herring net.
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Strange Birds Look “In By”
Three strangers arrive at the door by car looking for Barrowsgate. It turns out that they are looking for tips for how to make a career from writing.
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A Het Nicht in June
Barrowsgate muses about June being a bad month for selling pigs but a popular month for getting married. Barrowsgate’s friend Peter Birley tries to keep a wedding day tradition alive. Context: Blackening is a traditional wedding custom performed in the days or weeks prior to marriages in rural areas of Scotland and Northern Ireland. The…
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Pleasure at the Double
Barrowsgate advises his city friends to take it easy and enjoy the countryside at a slower pace. Note: This article appeared as part of the Bon Accord “Holiday Special” supplement.
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“Barrowsgate’s” Holiday
It’s holiday season and Barrowsgate was thinking he might go and visit some friends, which would mean that he’d have to leave the rest of the turnip harvest to Mrs B. She was having none of it.