Auld Intae New - Celebrating Annie Shirer's Work Collecting Doric Rhymes In Buchan

Oor LOONS AN LASSIKIES SKWEEL PROJECT is workin tae preserve knowledge o the auld Doric rhymes collectit bi Northeast quine, Annie Shirer over 110 years ago.
Sponsored bi The Doric Board, this project is usine her almost forgotten wark in Creative Writing workshops in North East primaries. The humour an liveliness o her collectit work is inspirin new Doric rhymes an celebratin the rich cultural heritage o the Mintlaw area.

LOONS AN LASSIKIES, AULD INTAE NEW
CELEBRATES THE KININMONTH LASSIE ANNIE SHIRER, FA COLLECTIT HUNNERS O RHYMES, SANGS, SAYINS AN RIDDLES FAE AA AROON THE MINTLAW AREA.

She collectit hunners o rhymes an sayins tae send tae the Rymour Club doon in Edinburgh fur tae be publishit. The Club ca'd her the Marchioness Of Mintlaw.

She also collectit and sent the wurds o hunners o sangs tae Gavin Greig, but she didnae sing hersel, so she'd fun fur him mony ither singers tae gie him thi tunes. He ca’d her A Kininmoth Lassie when he thankit her every twa weeks in the Buchan Observer newspaper.

But she’d keppit aa that an more that she hid collectit in her kist at hame. Her great-nephew Jim Shirer rescued an publishit mony riddles an proverbs she hid in the kist afore her family clearit the hale lot oot.

Annie (right) with her cousin Maggie and Uncle Kenneth

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