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66 POPULAR RHYMES OF SCOTLAND.
FARMS IN THE WEST OF FIFE.
Witches in the Watergate,
Fairies in the l^Iill ;
Brosy taids o' Niviston
Can never get their fill.
Sma' drink in the Punful,
Crowdie in the kirk ;
Gray meal in Boreland,
Waur than ony dirt.
Bread and cheese in the Easter Mains,
Cauld sowens in the Waster Mains,
Hard heads in Hardiston,
Quakers in the Pow ;
The braw lasses o' A' die
Canna spin their aia tow.
EAST COAST OF FIFE.
'Tween the Isle o' May
And the Links o' Tay,
Mony a ship's been cast away.
A sad truth, briefly stated.
FARMS IN THE EAST OF FIFE.
Ladeddie, Kadernie, Lathockar, and Lathone,
Ye may saw wi' gloves off, and shear wi' gloves on.
These farms lie on very high ground, the highest in the
eastern district of Fife ; and the rhyme implies that it is
summer there before the crop can be sown, and winter
befoi*e it can be reaped.
PITMILLY.
Blaw the wind as it likes,
There's beild about Pitmilly dikes.
The road from Crail to St Andrews makes an unusually-
sharp turn at Pitmilly : the country people remark that
there is always shelter at one part of it or another, as there
are walls presented to each of the cardinal points.
PLACES IN KINROSS-SHIRE.
Lochornie and Lochoi'nie Moss,
The Loutenstane and Dodgell's Cross,
Craigencat and Craigencrow,
Craigaveril, King's Seat, and Drumglow.
All of these places but one (the last) are upon the Blair-
FARMS IN THE WEST OF FIFE.
Witches in the Watergate,
Fairies in the l^Iill ;
Brosy taids o' Niviston
Can never get their fill.
Sma' drink in the Punful,
Crowdie in the kirk ;
Gray meal in Boreland,
Waur than ony dirt.
Bread and cheese in the Easter Mains,
Cauld sowens in the Waster Mains,
Hard heads in Hardiston,
Quakers in the Pow ;
The braw lasses o' A' die
Canna spin their aia tow.
EAST COAST OF FIFE.
'Tween the Isle o' May
And the Links o' Tay,
Mony a ship's been cast away.
A sad truth, briefly stated.
FARMS IN THE EAST OF FIFE.
Ladeddie, Kadernie, Lathockar, and Lathone,
Ye may saw wi' gloves off, and shear wi' gloves on.
These farms lie on very high ground, the highest in the
eastern district of Fife ; and the rhyme implies that it is
summer there before the crop can be sown, and winter
befoi*e it can be reaped.
PITMILLY.
Blaw the wind as it likes,
There's beild about Pitmilly dikes.
The road from Crail to St Andrews makes an unusually-
sharp turn at Pitmilly : the country people remark that
there is always shelter at one part of it or another, as there
are walls presented to each of the cardinal points.
PLACES IN KINROSS-SHIRE.
Lochornie and Lochoi'nie Moss,
The Loutenstane and Dodgell's Cross,
Craigencat and Craigencrow,
Craigaveril, King's Seat, and Drumglow.
All of these places but one (the last) are upon the Blair-
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Popular rhymes of Scotland > (64) |
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| Description | Original poems / by Robert Chambers. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.f.9 |
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