SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 237 Title : Spin your Peerie Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text Just an hour before the learie Lights the lamps, come play a-learie Nancy, Willy, Andy, Lily Bring your whip and spin your peerie. Nell, you're 'het' for hide-and-seek Shut your eyes and dinnae peek Play 'relievers', skliff your peevers Sandy, hurl your gir' and cleek, Caw your ropes and bounce your stotter Two-and-out and high-low water Jinkers, ball-games, high-spy, doll-games Birds and beasts and Rich-man's daughter Totties two and three and four Clockwork taps and chap-the-doors Jacket goals and stilts on poles Bogeys, tigs and keeping scores Moshie, conkers, meenie-mos Plunkers, bools and tin yo-yos Minded places, minded faces Echo's drift from long ago. 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: 1 Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1998 Word count: 121 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 127 Forenames: Anna Surname: Blair Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1920 Educational attainment: College Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher/author Place of birth: Giffnock Region of birth: Glasgow Birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Glasgow Region of residence: Glasgow Residence CSD dialect area: Gsw Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Business Father's place of birth: Glasgow Father's region of birth: Glasgow Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Business Mother's place of birth: Glasgow Mother's region of birth: Glasgow Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Gsw Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Visits to France, correspondence Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: