'In Our Day...'

Reminiscences and Songs from Rural Perthshire

Margaret Bennett author Doris Rougvie illustrator

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Grace Note Publications

Published:27th Oct '13

Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back

'In Our Day...' cover

THE BOOK 'In our Day...' Life in the glens and villages of Perthshire is viewed through the eyes of shepherds, farmers, crofters, estate workers, housewives, gardeners, professionals, trades-people and children. They all share reminiscences, stories, games, sayings and rhymes in Scots and Gaelic, which have been recorded for this book. Excerpts of transcriptions have been woven together by folklorist Margaret Bennett who also draws strands from writt en records. Perthshire singer and tradition-bearer Doris Rougvie has also illustrated the book, which concludes with a selection of Perthshire songs. Along with several friends, Doris and Margaret have recorded all the songs, available on a CD from Grace Note Publications or on downloads at www.gracenotepublications.co.uk

'Here is a book I can understand! It tells so many stories, and weaves the lives of different generations of the people of Perthshire together so simply, just as if you are sitting round the kitchen table with a cuppa and hearing them first hand! And it is the tellers voices that shine through clear as the sunlit Tay and sparkle with their precious memories, ordinary everyday memories, playground games, jokes and stories passed from 'Mouth to Mouth, Eye to Eye and Heart to Hear. ...' Claire Hewitt

ISBN: 9781907676420

Dimensions: 228mm x 152mm x 8mm

Weight: 213g

152 pages