Category: CARE WORDS

Still in lockdown, surrounded by the recent snow – what else is there to do?

Baking of course!!! 

It is pancake day today! 

How do you like yours?

Video Recipe – Homemade Jaffa Cake

We all love a Jaffa cakes don’t we?  It is also difficult to eat just one, usually the whole packet gets scoffed!  Follow my recipe in this video tutorial (no sound) and pause it as you go along.

Reminiscing about baking

I found some older recipe books in my mum’s house and wondered if you remembered some of these brands or these books?  Were recipes handed down the generations in your family?  Here is a little video to get you thinking and blethering about baking.

We have received some fabulous videos from local organisation Carron Kith, who like the Care Words project, work with older people in the community.  The very talented Jennie has shared her recitals of some of Robert Burns poetry with us.  Thank you!

  

Grace, a Primary 6 pupil from Denny, created this poem whilst remote learning from hame.  To celebrate Rabbie Burns Day this year, her class were tasked with creating a poem about something they loved using Scottish words.

We think she did a braw wee poem!

Ozzy The Dug

In 2020 a virus came tae toon an we awe hid tae lockdoon.

Ma maw goat us a muckle surprise an we wore oor the moon

He wiz the size of oor hawn so bonnie an tottie

We cried him Ozzy, a hertie wee puppy.

He’s oor first femily pet, a bltihe braw wee dug

Wi a fluffy jaiket, broon neb and twa bonnie lugs

We tak him fir strolls and feed him mingin’ grub

Ma da says we goat him as he kidnae get tae the pub!!

Well done Grace, a stoater of a poem!!!

Ozzy

To celebrate the birthday of Scotland’s Bard we have been sent a poem, written by a lady called Irene, which we would like to share with you.  It is packed with lots of Scottish words and phrases and we hope you enjoy reminiscing about ” the banter” from the past and present.

 Scots Poem by Irene

I’m going to read a rhyme and hope to make you laugh

But if you don’t like it – tell me to “Get aff”

Some Scottish words and phrases – used so long ago

So if you’re truly Scottish, I’m sure there’s lots you’ll know.

Yer Maw was geeling crabbit and needed a bit o’ peace

So she’d shout “Shut Yer Geggie” and maybe “Haud yer wheesh”

Boggin, bowfin’, manky, mingin – words that all meant smell

Clatty, hummin, howlin and mockit – were smelly words as well

Way back when in Scotland, there wiz many a funny phrase

How many do you remember – or even use these days?

A clean shirt’ll dae ye and lang may yer lum reek, we don’t hear those today

Yer at the coos tail, oan yer bike, ye could dreep the’ all day

Och aye the noo, yer bum’s oot the windae, the wee scunner’s a heid the baw

Ben the hoose, don’t be a clype, gie it laldy and shoot the craw

Whit’s fur ye will no go by ye, away an bile yer heid I’m going to skelp yer behind and yer a long time deid

Jings, crivvens and help ma boab, yer aw mooth and troosers

As many a person was called a name cos folks thought they were losers

Bawheid, bampot, eejit, diddy, glaikitlittel scunner

Gallus nyaff to name a few but there could be anither hunner

There’s thoosands of words from the olden days – how many do you know

Bahookie, breeks, cludgie and dunny and havin a square go

Shoogly, midden, loab, tumshie, bammy, lavvy and hummin

And a good old word like steamie remembered by loads a wummin

A wee bawbee, a chanty, a walloper and a lynchin

And who remembers the jigging wi a lumber tae dae some winchin

If yer dreechit or droocht or peelly wally, havin the boak or ye are loupin

Take yer chanty and an’ Go tae yer scratcher – always helps wi the goupin

Do you remember bluttered and hammered – stoatin and gutted and fleein

Steamin, puggled and paralytic – if you’d had loads more than a wee yin

Well I hope you have heard lots of funny old stuff and I’ll bring this to an end

So thank you all for listening – from Irene – your new friend.