This Little Piggy
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
28 July 1961
Track ID
41291
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.89.A2
Original Tape ID
Summary
Nursery rhyme 'Dis Peerie Grice'.
Katie Laurenson tells a Shetland version of the children's rhyme 'This Little Piggy' and explains the use of the fingers in telling the rhyme.
Dis peerie [little] grice [pig] guid ta market,
Dis peerie grice stayed at hame,
Dis peerie grice had maet [i.e. food] ta aet,
And dis peerie grice hed nane,
And dis peerie grice said, "Wee, wee, wee, woh!" aa da wey hame.
Item Notes
See:
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) p. 14
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 349-350
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Lerwick
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Lerwick
Item Location
County - Shetland
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good