Tag: Country life
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The Souter’s Gairden Help
Peace appears to have broken out at the shoemaker’s house. A keen gardener, he is sure he is going to lift the trophy at the upcoming flower show. While he is out, somehow his hens escape from their locked hen house and eat all his plants. He has his suspicions as to who is responsible.
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The Souter Biles an Egg
Sandy buys a saucepan, spoon and condiments and finally cooks his eggs, but they turn out to be rotten. He can’t work out how freshly laid eggs can be rotten, but Mistress M’Snob had something to do with it.
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The Souters Bon Advert
Sandy advertises in the Bon Accord for six egg-laying hens. After much deliberation, he agrees terms with the seller and takes possession of them. Although they do indeed lay eggs, Sandy’s wife refuses to cook them, so he resolves to do so himself.
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The Souters Roosters
Eventually, Sandy gets his sack of chickens back from the rag and bone man’s truck and looks forward to eggs for breakfast once again. No eggs were laid but the was a lot of cock-a-doodling.
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War at the Souters
Accusations fly and all hell breaks loose at the shoemaker’s house over the removal of Sandy’s hens.
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Sandy Starts Pultry Fermin
Sandy M’Snob goes to Hilly’s to buy some hens and stashes them in a sack in his shed until he can get round to making a hen house. Meanwhile the rag and bone merchant calls and takes the sack of hens by mistake.
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The Souters Egg
Betsy M’Snob is angered by the latest on food rationing – eggs are now to be rationed. Sandy resolves to get his own chickens ….
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Souters Claes Coopens
Sandy M’Snob the shoemaker confides to Barrowsgate his plan to foil his wife’s attempt to use his clothes ration for her own clothes but she was outside the door, listening. Context: During the war, the British government needed to reduce production and consumption of civilian clothes to safeguard raw materials and release workers and factory…
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Nae Like the Aul Days
Barrowsgate reflects on changing times around this time of year. Note: The start of this piece is the same as an early Bittie from six years previously. Apologies for the missing section.
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Souter Receives His Orders
Barrowsgate is just about to buy some laces when he overhears a row about jam, between Mr M’Snob the shoemaker and his wife Betsy. Context: Another reference to Lord Woolton, the Food Minister responsible for rationing.