Anither Dash o'Doric
by Norman Harper, Robbie Shepperd
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This follow-up to A Dash of Doric is a collection of 200 true stories gathered throughout the North-East of Scotland, continuing the authors' exploration of the country's most distinctive senses of humour. It covers childhood, work, love and marriage, the Kirk and old-age.Tags
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- Original title
- Anither dash o' Doric : more wit and wisdom of the North-east
- Original publication date
- 1996
- Important places
- Scotland (North-east)
- Epigraph
- [None]
- Dedication
- [None]
- First words
- When the two of us began discussions in the middle of 1995 to see if there was potential for a book of true stories to illustrate the humour of the North-east, we ran into a problem very quickly: it was difficult to keep the ... (show all)serious discussion on course as one or the other of us sidetracked the meeting by recalling tale after tale after as they popped into her heads.
Foreword.
Some of the best humour from any part of the world spills from the mouths of children.
Babes and suckings. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Ay, man, it wis a grand affair. Jist ae thing. The wife wis haulin on her draaers this mornin and she shot the cat.'
- Original language
- Scots
Classifications
- Genre
- Fiction and Literature
- DDC/MDS
- 828.914020809412 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English miscellaneous writings English miscellaneous writings 1900- English miscellaneous writings 1900-1999 English miscellaneous writings 1945-1999 Anecdotes, epigrams, graffiti, jokes, quotations
- LCC
- PN6178 .S4 .S44 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Wit and humor By region or country
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