Tag: Crofting

The Twa Wives

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

A comparison of a farmers wife vs a crofters wife. Unpublished.
A Grace

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

For a bowl of brose. Unpublished.
Dumpin’

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

Barrowsgate calls for better organisation of agriculture. Unpublished.
Calvin’ Time

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

A lodger arrives to help with the calving. This has nothing to do with the French theologian John Calvin! Unpublished.
Time and the Plooman

Dec 16, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

Time may have stolen the ploughman’s worldly goods, but he won’t take Barrowsgate’s Doric from him.
This Show Business

Jul 13, 1956

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in Observations, Writings

The chemist tells Barrowsgate about his recent visit to a cattle show. Note: This was published in the Mearns Leader in 1956. There do not appear to be any other articles by Barrowsgate published around this time (he was 74 by then).
The Posty, The Mistress an’ Me

Nov 27, 1941

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Mistress Barrowsgate starts to move the ladder so that Barrowsgate can come down from the roof when the postman appears and tries to lend a hand. Suddenly, Barrowsgate’s trousers come free froom the hook and he lands on top of both of them – with a bump.
Forty Winks an a Frugal meal

Nov 20, 1941

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

After forty winks and some brose, Barrowsgate goes onto the roof to put the chimney cap on and slips half-way down the roof before getting his trouser caught on a hook.
Alecs Goat Scores a Bull

Oct 16, 1941

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Sandy finishes the story of how Alec tried to get rid of the goat that he won, and didn’t want.
Alec an His Goat

Oct 2, 1941

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in Bitties Fae Barrowsgate, Observations, Writings

Sandy tells Barrowsgate the story of how Alec got rid of the goat he won at a raffle, and didn’t want.