Category: Observations
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Aul Betsy Misbehaves
Sandy shows Aul Betsy to the Major, explaining that it was last fired during the Boer War. The gun then blows up unexpectedly, causing quite a commotion.
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Sandy Cocks His Gun
Sandy is requested to attend an LDV training session and to bring his gun, so he looks out “Auld Betsy”, a relic from the days of stagecoaches.
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Introducin Sandy Pheelip LDV
Sandy Pheelip is in the garden digging potatoes when the local LDV recruiter stopped for a chat. Note: The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or “LDV”) was an unpaid armed citizen militia supporting the ‘Home Forces’ of the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard comprised…
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The Exydus Eyns
Barrowsgate is stuck up on the roof of the croft house when tea time is called. Not realising that Mistress Barrowsgate has moved the ladder, he starts to fall but manages to catch himself but is stranded on the roof. In the meantime, Mistress Barrowsgate eats all the food so it doesn’t go to waste.
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The Exydus – Pair Twa
Barrowsgate is banished to the roof to sweep the chimney. However, he drops the chimney cleaning weight down the chimney, right into the pot in which Mistress Barrowsgate is making some rice pudding. Note: A popular method of sweeping chimneys in Scotland was the “weight, rope and heather” method. A lead weight attached to a…
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Mistress B Gangs tae Bed
Mistress Barrowsgate is so exhausted from moving to the new croft that she takes to bed while Barrowsgate has to finish the list of tasks she has given him. Unfortunately, she forgot to tell him to put the base onto the bed and she falls onto the floor.
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The Exydus Part Wan
Barrowsgate is exhausted after his move from Buchan to Pitcaple. He had to make his way behind the horse and cart, carrying sacks of household goods on his back.
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Journeys Eyn
Jeck and Peter recue the oil barrel depth charge, which is still at the bottom of Pitbirley Loch. They decide to take back to the blacksmith’s to dry it out in front of his fire. after retiring for a drink, they heard a terrible explosion …
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Peters Peace Offerin
Jeck collects his salmon hook from home and fishes Peter out of the water. He then gives Peter a reviving dram, which kicks him back to life – and Jeck over the side of the boat. What he thought had been whisky was a mixture of turpentine and linseed oil.