SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 486 Title : Wi Thur Twa Rings Author(s): Janet Paisley Copyright holder(s): Janet Paisley Text 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. 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 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 Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work, home, social, public Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Work, home, social, public