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Title    : Growin auld (Wasterwick)
Author(s): Christine De Luca

Copyright holder(s): Christine De Luca

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Wasterwick, auld wife o da sea, worn
tae a beauty only age can bring.  Du sits
straight-backed, airms reck oot
bi clett an stack.  Dy sang is 
da sang o sels an a thoosand shiftin shalls
is dey beach demsels.  Da Waarie Gyo
is a secret fowld i dy skurt, whaar
a kittle o tang swills to an fro.

Du gies hooseroom tae a swap o scarfs,
lodgins ta mallies.  A shjalder swanks
apo dy shooder, nest safe in a reffel 
o trefoil an smora.  Banks-flooers 
mak a wavy aedge ta dy simmer hap.

We look on dee at's cradled grown men, 
trace lines o kennin on dy wise repose.  
Da wasterin sun at faas saaftly lays
a wild rose apo dy granite face. 

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da: the;  clett: cliff, rock, crag;  stack: column of rock in the sea;  dy:
your (familiar);  shalls: shells;  dey: they;  demsels: themselves;  gyo:
steep, narrow inlet;  fowld: fold;  i: in;  skurt: bosom;  kittle: tickle; 
tang: seaweed;  du: you (familiar);  gies: gives;  tae, ta: to;  swap: a
sudden beat or blow;  scarfs: shags;  mallies: fulmers;  shjalder: oyster
catcher;  apo: on;  shooder: shoulder;  reffel: tangle;  smora: clover; 
banks flooers: sea pinks;  aedge: edge;  hap: shawl;  dee: you (familiar); 
at's: who has;  kennin: knowing;  faas: falls;  saaftly: softly.




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Text
Text audience
Adults (18+): General public: Males: Females: Audience size: 100+

Text details
Method of composition: Wordprocessed
Year of composition: 1995
Word count: 214
General description: From collection of poems

Text medium
Book: 
Text publication details
Published: Publisher: Shetland Library
Publication year: 1997
Place of publication: Lerwick
ISBN/ISSN: 0-904562-64-6
Edition: 1st
Part of a longer series of texts: Name of series: Wast wi da Valkyries

Text type
Poem/song/ballad: 

Author
Author details
Author id: 120
Forenames: Christine
Surname: De Luca
Gender: Female
Decade of birth: 1940
Educational attainment: University
Age left school: 18
Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism
Occupation: Head of Assessment, Research and Development
Place of birth: Bressay
Region of birth: Shetland
Birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Country of birth: Scotland
Place of residence: Edinburgh
Region of residence: Edinburgh
Residence CSD dialect area: Edb
Country of residence: Scotland
Father's occupation: Headmaster
Father's place of birth: Vidlin
Father's region of birth: Shetland
Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Father's country of birth: Scotland
Mother's occupation: Primary Teacher
Mother's place of birth: Cunningsburgh
Mother's region of birth: Shetland
Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Sh
Mother's country of birth: Scotland

Languages:
Language: English
Speak: Yes
Read: Yes
Write: Yes
Understand: Yes
Circumstances: All
Language: Scots
Speak: No
Read: Yes
Write: No
Understand: Yes
Circumstances: Work, read Scots literature