SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 254 Title : Sweeties Author(s): Anna Blair Copyright holder(s): Anna Blair Text I like... Conversation Lozengers And Macaroni Bars Dolly Mixtures, Pomfret Cakes And Strippit Balls in jars, Satinettes and Lemon Straws Soor Plooms and Toffee Strips Aromatics, Floral Gums And curvey Cherry Lips, Whipped Cream Bonbons, Chewing Nuts And Ogo-Pogo Eyes Sook them slow and watch them change Through seven different dyes, Liqu'rice Root and Jelly Beans And oblong green Lime Tabs Gritty Swizzles, Acid Drops And frothy Sherbet Dabs, Butter Nuts and Wilko Mints Mixed Brambles, Soda Lunch Candy Puff and Raglan Balls And Peanut Brittle Crunch, Lucky Totties, Lem'nade Rock Sweetie Cigarettes Twirled and sooked and sharpened up To points like minarets. Buttermilk-Dainty, Squirrel Gums Rosebud and Giant Lolly... But best to me of all the rest Cheuch Jeans and Sugarollie 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: 126 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: