Category: Bitties Fae Barrowsgate
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Peas in Eden
Barrowsgate comes across an ancuient verse explaining how Adam lost his job as head gardener at Eden.
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Mr Stationmaister
A sarcastic paean to the railway stationmaster. Barrowsgate must have been fond of this piece as it was later republished in the Buchan Observer on 02 March 1937 under the name “Anzac” and, later, in the Huntly Express in the “Observations of Jeems” column. Spoiler: the whole article is clearly just a vehicle for the…
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Fermin’ an’ Frettin’
Barrowsgate despairs at the constant pessimism shown by farmers. The Walter Elliot referred to in this Bittie was a Scottish politician who, at the time of the article, was Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food. He was credited with introducing the Agricultural Marketing Act which sought to protect food producers from going bankrupt amidst surpluses…
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The Kilt
It seems slightly odd that this Bittie starts in English then switches to Doric after a paragraph. The verse at the end was also published separately the following month.