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Wi Thur Twa Rings

Author(s): Janet Paisley

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Yeese are chippit new
intae the auld stane o time.

Here, awthing faws quate fur yeese,
here noo, sunlicht skirls,
rain diddles, the yirth birls.

Yeese are no alane
amang the hurlin constellations
but cleikit tae thon gird cried love.

Aulder than ony circle o staunin stanes,
shair as a snaw-ring roon the mune,
mairrige is.

Weer yer vows weel when kecklin
is the ale atween yeese

or when nicht draps like a bolster
doon the middle o yer bed.

Let the cauld shooder o the ben
aywis coorie ye kindly.
Let the sun aywis hunt ye
hooever daurk yon place.

We wha haud oor wheesht ken
thorns hae roses.

And when ye gang fae this day
the skinklin staurs gang wi ye.

When ye gang furrit fae this day,
the love that grew ye
growes wi ye

and mairrige is wrocht,
iron oan stane, haund in haund.

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Wi Thur Twa Rings

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Text audience

Other Family (son and fiancée)
Audience size 2
Writer knew intended audience

Text details

Method of composition Wordprocessed
Year of composition 2002
Title of original (if translation) With These Rings
Author of original (if translation) Janet Paisley
Language of original (if translation) English
Word count 149

Text medium

Book
Magazine (e-zine)
Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms)

Text publication details

Published
Publisher Scottish Poetry Library
Publication year 2004
Place of publication Edinburgh
Part of larger text
Contained in www.wordswithoutborders.org
Editor Susan Harris
Page numbers June 2004

Text setting

Religious/ceremonial

Text type

Poem/song/ballad

Author

Author details

Author id 103
Forenames Janet
Surname Paisley
Gender Female
Decade of birth 1940
Educational attainment College
Age left school 17
Upbringing/religious beliefs Protestantism and Paganism
Occupation Writer
Place of birth Ilford
Region of birth Essex
Country of birth England
Place of residence Falkirk
Region of residence Stirling
Residence CSD dialect area Stlg
Country of residence Scotland
Father's occupation Factory Processor
Father's place of birth Balloch
Father's region of birth Dunbarton
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area Dnbt
Father's country of birth Scotland
Mother's occupation Nurse
Mother's place of birth Avonbridge
Mother's region of birth Stirling
Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area Stlg
Mother's country of birth Scotland

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Language Speak Read Write Understand Circumstances
English Yes Yes Yes Yes Work, home, social, public
Scots Yes Yes Yes Yes Work, home, social, public

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