SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 1473 Title : Makin Pancakes Author(s): Rowena M Love Copyright holder(s): Rowena M Love Text Tastin the pancake, mindins o ma great-aunt seem thick as butter Ah’d spreid therr: efternuins wi the douce dame that sugared ma ginger fur fear Ah’d git gas. It wud volcano up and o’er the gless, its leemonade lava poorin doon the sides afore finin its ain level oan the marble coonter. Sweet bit flat, Ah guzzlet it doon, gritty syrup an a, whaur Ah sat tucked high oan hur bentwood chair, legs hingin. Then oan tae the best joab: makin drap scones, aye the same teacup wi its fadin rose yaised as measure, same spuin skiddlin the batter in the muckle broun bowl. Staunin oan the chair noo, peenie girdet roon ma middle, twice roon fur it tae fit, wi Auntie’s airms the kinch tae keep it oan. Ah hud tae beat the batter hard til it soundet lik weans plowterin in the burn, then, drap bi drap oan the het girdle, Ah makkit letters for a in the hoose afore feenishin wi ordinar roons. Watchin fur the bubbles as sign fur me tae turn them, usin hur blade whase bane haunle had lang syne departet afore tuckin them up warm in a teatowel, cosy in thir linen as me wi hur. 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 Adults (18+): General public: Males: Females: Audience size: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Wordprocessed Year of composition: 2005 Word count: 208 Text medium Magazine (e-zine): Periodical/journal: Web (webpages, discussion boards, newsgroups, chat rooms): Text publication details Published: Publisher: Makar Press Publication year: 2006 Place of publication: Ayrshire ISBN/ISSN: 0-9547084-4-X Part of larger text: Contained in: Running Threads, Makar Press. Also in Poetry Scotland, Issue 38, March 2005 Text setting Leisure/entertainment: Private/personal: Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 1068 Forenames: Rowena Initials: M Surname: Love Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1960 Educational attainment: University, PCGE and Maîtrise Age left school: 17 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Protestantism Occupation: Teacher and writer Place of birth: Dumbarton Region of birth: Dunbarton Birthplace CSD dialect area: Dnbt Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Troon Region of residence: S Ayr Residence CSD dialect area: Ayr Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Master Mariner and Teacher 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: Nurse Mother's place of birth: Rankinston Mother's region of birth: N Ayr Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Ayr Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work and home Language: French Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At work, on holiday Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: At home, occasionally at work