Eenty Feenty Halligolun
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Original Track ID
SA1954.101
Original Tape ID
Summary
Children's counting-out rhyme.
Eenty teenty halligalin
The cat went oot tae hae some fun,
Hae some fun on Toddie's grun,
But cairt an horse tummelt.
Item Notes
The Celtic sheep-counting numerals, which go up to the score in the traditional dialects of North-West England, only go up to ten in Scots, and usually only two ('eenty teenty' or similar) in children's rhymes, with no records in Scots earlier than the 18th c.
See:
'I Saw Esau' (P. & I. Opie, 1947) p. 55
'Golden City' (J.T. Ritchie, 1965) p. 46
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 90, 92
'The Scottish National Dictionary' (available online [[www.dsl.ac.uk]], accessed 26 January 2009), s.v. baombe
Recording Location
County - Aberdeenshire
Parish - Aberdeen
Village/Place - Aberdeen
Language
Scots
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Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good