Category: Bitties Fae Barrowsgate
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Cookin’ an’ Coukin’
Barrowsgate eavesdrops on some ladies on the bus, and finds it quite educational.
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Win’, Jist Win’
Barrowsgate finds his new place very windy and, there being few trees for kindling, has to keep his fire going overnight with peat.
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Genesis
Barrowsgate explains how the Hill of Mormond got its name. One might think it bears more than a passing similarity to the legend of Clochnaben.
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Exhibitions an’ Education
Barrowsgate goes to a Highland Show and learns a lot – from some of the well-heeled attendees.
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Flittin’ an’ Flytin’
Barrowsgate moves to house, and gets told off for his lack of removal abilities.
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The Crack o’ Doom
Following the butter-making contest covered in last week’s column, Kildronan are out for revenge over Kilmaur in the egg-cracking competition but Aunty Barry has other ideas.
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Auntie Barry, Bess an’ Butter
Auntie Barry from Kilmaur takes on Bess o’ the Mains from Kildronan in a Women’s Rural Institute butter-making competition. Bess produces nothing but froth and sabotage is suspected.
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The Peace Offering
Sandy visits his parents at Kildronan and, having stopped for a drink on the way, buys some cheese as a peace offering. The cheese ends up in a ditch and Sandy has to sleep in the shed.
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Coaches and Cargoes
Following on from the column on 08 Mar 1935, Barrowsgate describes a typical journey on the Aberdeen to Tarland horse-bus service of forty years previously. As well as passengers, these “omnibuses” carried goods and livestock.