SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 629 Title : Dipper: 17 - Piscatorial Penitence Author(s): Dr James A Begg Copyright holder(s): Dr James A Begg Text O Roderick MacCallum, Esquire, o Stirlin, My cheeks are aa blushes, my puir lugs are dirlin Frae that flytin, three stanza, poetic rebuke, On the seiven (lucky nummer!) o saumon I tuik Frae the Doon on the flee: an I hope ye remember I caught aa my fish in the month o September. It's a credit tae me that I steyd sane an sober, For I ne'er had a Pouk throu the hale o October; Tho I fished the same flee - tae my great consternation, It workit ower weel for Fish Conservation! Following my best ever day's fishing on the River Doon, this piece appeared in the Fishing Reports of “Trout and Salmon”: "September 16 was a particularly memorable day for Dr. Jimmy Begg, of Ayr, when he landed seven salmon on fly. They weighed in at 8lb, 8lb, 8lb, 8lb, 6lb, 6lb, and 5lb, and were all taken on his own version of the Stinchar Stoat's Tail tied on a one-inch copper tube." The wee poem above was dashed off in ten minutes, in reply to my close friend Roddy's verses on this feat, gently chiding and deriding my claims to be a Salmon Conservationist. ___ dirlin/reverberating pouk/bite or pull 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: 1000+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Year of composition: 1985 Word count: 209 General description: Anthology of prizewinning and other Scots poems, and short stories in Ayrshire Scots. Text medium Book: Radio: Other: Audiocassette Text publication details Published: Publisher: Luath Press Publication year: 1991 Place of publication: Barr, Ayrshire ISBN/ISSN: 0946487227 Edition: First Part of larger text: Contained in: The Dipper an the Three Wee Deils: Tales and Poems in Ayrshire Scots Editor: Authors: Dr. J. A. Begg and J. Reid Page numbers: 41 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 623 Title: Dr Forenames: James Initials: A Surname: Begg Gender: Male Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Medical Practitioner Place of birth: New Cumnock Region of birth: S Ayr Birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Ayr Region of residence: S Ayr Residence CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Clerical Officer, NCB Father's place of birth: Sandbank Father's region of birth: Argyll Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Arg Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Primary Teacher Mother's place of birth: New Cumnock Mother's region of birth: S Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: Danish Speak: No Read: No Write: No Understand: No Circumstances: A little Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home, socially, at work Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Holidaying in France Language: Norwegian Speak: No Read: No Write: No Understand: No Circumstances: A little Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Home, socially, at work