Cultural traditions – Barrowsgate

Why!

Dec 17, 2024

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Barrowsgate, who had done more than his fair share of travelling asks “Why leave Scotland when there are so many fine things to be enjoyed?” Unpublished.

A Grace

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

For a bowl of brose. Unpublished.

Whisky

Dec 17, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

In praise of Glentakit whisky, about which Barrowsgate referred in several letters and verses. Information about Glentakit whisky seems hard to come by nowadays. Unpublished.

The Master’s Voice

Dec 16, 2024

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in Other verse, Verse, Writings

In a dream, Barrowsgate sees Rabbie Burns, who is disgusted at the greed and hypocrisy of modern life.

This story concerns an apparently real life mole catcher named William “Moley” Brodie, who only had one leg. “For over forty years, he waged war on the moles of Dee, Don and Feuchside”. It describes the decline of professional mole-catching, once a hereditary and respected profession, now mostly done by farmers or labourers. Brodie,…

Mairry in Haste

Dec 16, 1943

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in Observations, Writings

A cautionary tale. After a gap of eighteen months, this was Barrowsgate’s only newspaper column in 1943 and marked the end of his writing career. It would be a further six years before any further articles were published or broadcast, and these would all be rehashes of earlier works. [Note: I am seeking a better…