Oor ain folk times

OOR AIN FOLK
CHAPTER IX
Village Occupations — The Handloom Weavers — Merchants and
Merchanties — Various Types — Davit Elshender — A Story of
the Egg Market — How Mrs. Paitterson turned the Tables — A
Stingy Couple — Taking the Pledge — Strong Language — Story
of Rev. Mr. Don — John Buchan's Prayer — A Banquet to the
Laird — A Dear Denner — Effects of Mixing Drinks — Drinking
Habits of the Time Pages 131-146
CHAPTEE X
My Mother's Folk — Montrose Skippers and the Baltic Trade —
Presents from Abroad — A Partial Eclipse — The Homespun Era
— Basket Mary — A Rigorous Caste System — ' Tea-pairties ' —
Wullie D 's Hoose-warming — A Sma' Gless — A Heartless
Drucken Husband — Painter Tarn — Anecdotes . . 147-160
CHAPTER XI
Local Jealousies between County Towns — Curious Nicknames —
Aspersions on Brechin — Origin of the Term ' Reed Lichties '
— A Sapient Toon Cooncil — Blin' Hughie o' Dundee — The
' Spooters ' o' Farfar — Celebrities — Singer Jeemer — Peter Reid
and the famous ' Farfar Rock ' — The Drawl of the Mearns —
Primitive Social Manners — •' No the Whisky but the Here's
t'ye ! ' — The Handloom Industry — Weavers' Rhymes — Bailie
F and the Auctioneer — A Vanishing Bottle — Drinking
Orgies and Wild Wagers — Amusing Instance of Local
Jealousy 161-175