SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 150 Title : Glen Muick in Winter Author(s): Sheena Blackhall Copyright holder(s): Sheena Blackhall Text The skies drift doon, a dreepin blur That maks o Ben an brae a shroud As if grown weary o the lan The mountain coories i' the cloud An naething steers, within this warld O stormy lift, an troubled tarn Bit drooned reflection o the hills As lang as time - as bricht as starn. In ilkie crag's a favoured face In ilkie burn's a frien An aa the days we've bin apairt, Are as they'd niver been. This work is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. The SCOTS Project and the University of Glasgow do not necessarily endorse, support or recommend the views expressed in this document. Information about document and author: Text Text audience General public: Audience size: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Word count: 81 Text medium Book: Text publication details Published: Publisher: GKB Books Publication year: 2000 Place of publication: Aberdeen ISBN/ISSN: 0952655446 Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 112 Forenames: Sheena Surname: Blackhall Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Brought up Protestant, now Buddhist Occupation: Writer and supply teacher Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Aberdeen Region of residence: Aberdeen Residence CSD dialect area: Abd Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Manager of Deeside Omnibus Service Father's place of birth: Aboyne Father's region of birth: Aberdeen Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Private Secretary Mother's place of birth: Aberdeen Mother's region of birth: Aberdeen Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Elementary. Gaelic choir. Poetry. Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: