Scottish weather

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Scottish weather

Postby Govangirl » Wed May 08, 2013 6:59 pm

Well, as ma granny used to say: "Ne'er cast a cloot till May be oot!"

A fine wee poem which captures Scotland's mixed weather and its people's reaction to it:


Scotland by Alastair Reid

It was a day peculiar to this piece of the planet,
when larks rose on long thin strings of singing
and the air shifted with the shimmer of actual angels.
Greenness entered the body. The grasses
shivered with presences, and sunlight
stayed like a halo on hair and heather and hills.
Walking into town, I saw, in a radiant raincoat,
the woman from the fish-shop. 'What a day it is!'
cried I, like a sunstruck madman.
And what did she have to say for it?
Her brow grew bleak, her ancestors raged in their graves
as she spoke with their ancient misery:
'We'll pay for it, we'll pay for it, we'll pay for it!'
Blow away the dreams that tear you apart
Blow away the dreams that break your heart
Blow away the lies that leave you nothing but lost and brokenhearted
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Re: Scottish weather

Postby Iain » Sat May 11, 2013 4:59 am

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Re: Scottish weather

Postby Mzz pasico » Mon May 13, 2013 1:46 pm

GG; My granny used to repeat that saying also... " never cast a cloot till may's oot" but perhaps you can help settle an ongoing argument lol. I was taught the "MAY" referred to in the phrase was the mayflower, but a friend insists it's the month of May!!! My granny used to repeat every summer "never cast a cloot till Mayflower's oot" which over the years was shortened to "May". So!!!! IS IT MAYFLOWER OR MONTH OF MAY??? :? :?
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Re: Scottish weather

Postby Govangirl » Mon May 13, 2013 7:39 pm

Ah Mzz Pasico, we learn something every day, do we not? I always took it to be the month of May but my research shows that sometimes it refers to the flowers of the hawthorn tree which are May flowers. Thinking about it further, these could be the flowers mentioned in Shakespeare's 18th sonnet: 'Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May' so the answer seems to be any of those.
I think my granny meant the month and that's what I mean too!!!! It's true, whatever the meaning!! :lol:
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Re: Scottish weather

Postby Mzz pasico » Mon May 13, 2013 7:51 pm

Thanks for replyin GG! I've been having a friendly disagreement about this with a friend for years!
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