Tag: Humour
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Betty Blinks the Beadle
Kilmaur’s Beadle is also a cobbler and a gravedigger but Betty isn’t giving him her business any time soon.
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The Wooin o’ Edom
A lass woos Adam by cooking him a dumpling and he soon gains her mother’s approval.
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Jeems an’ Tilly
Craigshannoch didn’t come with enough land to keep a cow so Barrowsgate buys a goat, but it doesn’t end well.
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Whusky an Soda
Barrowsgate’s Granny “accidentally” gives the cow dealer washing soda to drink, which leads to a successful sale. “Birse tea” is where a dram of whisky is added to the last cup of tea in the pot.
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Rural Harmony
The parishioners of the divided community of Drumnadroggit decide to come together as one congregation for a Social Evening at the Auld Kirk. Needless to say, they still manage to fall out with each other.
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The Vow
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A man promises his dying wife that he will make peace with his mother-in-law – but regrets it.
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Speed
Miss O B Carefu gives a cautionary talk at the Kildronan Women’s Rural Institute about not rushing into things – before speeding off in her car.
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Rise an’ Fa’ in Pigs
Geordie Tamson tricks the blacksmith into buying a pig that turns out to be smaller than it looked at first sight.
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The Immortal Memory
Barrowsgate has a Burns Supper to go to tonight and recalls his friend Mrs Maldyprop, who wanted to raise a toast to his Immoral Memory.
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Habbers o Habby
An ancient scripture tells how Mrs Barrowsgate sent a scrawny old chicken to the chief Rabbi in Edinburgh. Only the Rabbi’s dog would eat it – and he died.