SCOTS Project - www.scottishcorpus.ac.uk Document : 159 Title : The Futterat Author(s): Sheena Blackhall Copyright holder(s): Sheena Blackhall Text The futterat snaps up mice fur a wager, His mowser's braw as a serjeant major, His een are hat preens, pink as yer crannie. He likes bluid, sae ye'd best ca cannie. He'd hae yer haun aff, flesh, thoom, been. His teeth are sherp as a guillotine. He guffs like a rotten, rottin doon a drain, He lowps ben the girse like a rin -awa train. Like a wee white brig staunin humfy ower a burn, Wi his twa een bleezin, he'll stop an turn, An 'Fa daur meddle wi me?' he'll spit. 'I'm nesty as a nettle an I'm faist o wit' He can lowp, he can fecht, He can rin upstairs. Bide awa frae the futterat Or look oot fur sairs! 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: 100+ Text details Method of composition: Handwritten Word count: 130 Text medium Book: Text publication details Published: Publisher: Hammerfield Publishing Publication year: 1994 Place of publication: Aberdeen Text type Poem/song/ballad: Author Author details Author id: 112 Forenames: Sheena Surname: Blackhall Gender: Female Decade of birth: 1940 Educational attainment: University Age left school: 16 Upbringing/religious beliefs: Brought up Protestant, now Buddhist Occupation: Writer and supply teacher Place of birth: Aberdeen Region of birth: Aberdeen Birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Country of birth: Scotland Place of residence: Aberdeen Region of residence: Aberdeen Residence CSD dialect area: Abd Country of residence: Scotland Father's occupation: Manager of Deeside Omnibus Service Father's place of birth: Aboyne Father's region of birth: Aberdeen Father's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Father's country of birth: Scotland Mother's occupation: Private Secretary Mother's place of birth: Aberdeen Mother's region of birth: Aberdeen Mother's birthplace CSD dialect area: Abd Mother's country of birth: Scotland Languages: Language: English Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Language: Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: Elementary. Gaelic choir. Poetry. Language: Scots Speak: Yes Read: Yes Write: Yes Understand: Yes Circumstances: