Three nursery rhymes and a riddle from Orkney.
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1958.191.2
Original Tape ID
Summary
Three nursery rhymes and a riddle from Orkney.
Kirsty, Kirsty Kringlik,
Gae me nieve [fist] a tinglik [tingle],
What shall ye for supper hae?
Deer, shear, bread or smear?
Minch meat sma or nane ava?
Kirsty Kringlik, run awa.
Eenty peenty halligolum,
The cat geed [went] oot ta hae some fun,
It hed some fun on Todo's grund
Eenty peenty halligolum.
Baa the bairns o Baetun
For Minno's awa tae Saetun,
For tae pluck an for tae pu and for tae gather lamb's oo [wool]
An for tae buy a bull's skin
Tae baa the bairns o Baetun in.
As I cam ower the hill o heather
There I met a man o leather
Trow a rock [spindle], trow a reel,
Trow an auld wife's spinning wheel,
Trow a sheep's shank bane,
Sic a man wis never kent.
Item Notes
The rhyme 'Kirsty Kringlik' was repeated while holding a spider in the hand as a way of asking if there would be anything for supper ('Saga Book of the Viking Club' vol II).
The answer to the riddle "through a rock, etc." is usually some kind of grub.
Recording Location
County - Orkney
Parish - Kirkwall and St Ola
Island - Orkney Mainland
Village/Place - Kirkwall
Item Location
County - Orkney
Language
English, Scots
Collection
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good