DORIC SAYINGS (PB)

Collated from sources including Helen Beaton's 1925 At the Back o' Benachie and Professor Alexander Fenton's collection of the sayings of Aberdeenshire parishes in the 1950s, this is a cornucopia of Doric wit and wisdom, some of it in the form of rhyme and riddle. Inside are couthie comments about everyday life; caustic remarks about the neighbours; philosophical reflections on work or the weather; and observations such as this: aathing his an eyn but a mealie pudden his twa.