Category: The Blethers O’ Barrowsgate
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“The Debate”
Which is the better animal – the horse or the cow? A countryside debate. Barrowsgate slips out before the end in case he is asked for a donation.
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“Plums and Puddicks”
Jock and Tam decide to steal the parson’s plums by shaking the tree and one slithers down Jock’s neck.
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Hikers’ Hostels
Barrowsgate pokes fun at the new trend for Hikers’ Hostels, pointing out that they are just the same as the old lodging houses, rebranded.
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A Lick for Luck
Hilly’s old mare gets a boil on her leg. He tries an old fashioned cure by rubbing chicken fat on it but he startles the horse and Hilly accidentally kicks the horse’s boil. The boil bursts and the horse is OK again.
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“The Mullert”
Disty sets out across the heather after night at the pub in Torphins and finds his way by the light of the moon. He thinks he’ll see it better if he looks through the bottom of his whisky bottle. However, the moon won’t stay put, the ground rises up and he ends up going back…