Category: Observations
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The Hyouin’ Match
Barrowsgate versical account of a hoeing match at Brookie Braes in which he came last.
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Oor Picnic, Pairt II
Barrowsgate continues his description of the school picnic with an account of the “Mothers Race”.
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Clan M’Pork
Barrowsgate is told to wash the pig ready for market, but it ends up being and unexpected colour.
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The Complete Farmer
Barrowsgate, a mere crofter, attends a farmers’ club and learns how to judge a horse.
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Memories an’ Moralisin’s
Barrowsgate takes a trip down memory lane, and returns to Kildronan, where he grew up.
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The Gweed Aul Days
Barrowsgate looks back and wonders whether the “Gweed Aul Days” were as good as people remember.
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Aunty Barry’s Dilemma
Aunty Barry runs a village shop in Kilmaur and stocks almost everything that people would normally want. One day, a lady comes in and asks for Gorgonzola cheese. This being one of those unusual items not normally stocked, Aunty Barry says she’ll get some in, and tells the lady to call back later. The lady…
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Scant O’ Yird
Another view of Barrowsgate’s recent talk. The parson had invited the world-traveller to speak at the Helpin Club but he exhausted the audience with his endless tales. The verse ends with “When the Potter was casting his brain, he was very short of clay”.