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TitleNursery Rhymes and Songs
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 01048- 01056

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

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TitleHey diddle, diddle, twa wasps wi a fiddle
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01048

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TitleWhere has my bonnie wee laddie been
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01048

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TitleHoudie poudie, a pair o' sheen
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01048

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TitleThe wife put on the wee pan
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01048

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

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TitleKattie Beardie had a coo
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS pp. 01048- 01049

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TitleAs I lookit o'er my father's castle wa
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01049

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TitleRiddle mare rot-ot tot
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01049

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TitleThree feet up cauld an dead
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01049

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TitleThere was a prophet on this earth
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01049

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

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TitleAs I gaed o'er the Berg o Banff
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01049

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TitleThe craw killed the pussy o' the catt
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01050

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

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TitleWhat the Cattie Sings
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01050

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineThree threadies an a thrum

'Said in a mewing[?] tone'.
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TitlePussikie, cheetikie, mew, mew
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01050

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

'Mewing like a cat, and speaking last line through nose'.
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TitlePussy, pussy badrens
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01050

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TitleChin cherry
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01050

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TitleHushie a balloo, baloo
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

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TitleThe wife pit on the wee pan
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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TitleI had a little pony
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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TitleMy father gae me chees an bread
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineMy father gae me chees an bread

'Said by fireside, holding tongs or poker and chapping on hearth'.
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TitleCripple Dick upon a stick
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

'Said while astride a stick horse'.
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TitleRide, ride, horsie ride awa tae Aberdeen
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01051

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineRide, ride, horsie ride awa tae Aberdeen

'Said by one child, riding upon another's back'.
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TitleLandy Drumrandy, the laird o Kilcap
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01052

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineLandy Drumrandy, the laird o Kilcap

Note at top of page in parentheses reads 'Old Dan Tudker'.
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TitleFittikin, fittikin, when will ye gang
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01052

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TitleJohnnie Smith, a fellow fine, a fellow fine
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01052

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TitleTwa doggies, gawn tate the mill
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01052

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

Introduction to text reads 'When undressing children for bed, to get the feet warmed, take a leg in each hand, and plat them over, saying . . .'.
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TitleThis is the way the ladies ride
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01052

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineThis is the way the ladies ride

'Riding on knee or foot . . . All done vigorously, then turn the[m] off as if they had fallen'.
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TitleKnock at the door
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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TitleThis is the man that broke the barn
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

Finger counting rhyme.
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TitleJohn Prott an his man
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

Heading to text reads 'Hold the child's hand up[,] with your other fin[g]er pat on child's hand saying . . .'.
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TitleBurn, burn, burnerely, burn
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song

'Said to greetin bairn soon causes it to hold its tongue'.
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TitleFishery ba baby
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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TitleThe dog in the midden he lay, he lay
ContributorMrs Pirie
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside, Alvah, Banff
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01053

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TitleAs I gaed doon the road, one day
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleAs I gaed to my father's feast
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleFour and twenty fite kye stan in ae sta
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleFive hundred sheep, a shepherd and dog
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleAs I gaed to Stonehaven
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleFour lookers, four crockers, four flipflaps, four up-stenders
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleAberdeen an Aberdour
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleTongue Twisters
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleThe rattan ran up the rantal tree
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleThe cloutey cook o cutterneuk
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleFour an twenty tailors
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitlePolly put the kettle on, Polly put the kettle on
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01054

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TitleOnce there was a little kitty
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01055

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2 stanzas
 

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TitleGoosey, goosey gander
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01055

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TitleLittle Tommy Tucker
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
PlaceKirkside
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01055

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TitleBaby, baby buntin
ContributorMrs Pire
Index NamePirie, Mrs James
Reference Code AFC 1972/001, MS p. 01056

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Genre song - nursery rhyme or song
First lineBaby, baby buntin

Page headed 'Nursery Rhymes and sayings'.
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