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Cultural Tides Doric Workshops at Meethill School – Wow!

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My last post was about the first two Doric Workshops I ran at Meethill School for the Cultural Tides Project – and now I can share some results from the 3rd workshop!

The P5s joined me in creating a couple of Doric Rhymes – the first was about what they get up to in their spare time… and they did so well with that rhyme that we had time to create a second rhyme about their favourite words in Doric!

Here they are, along with the pupils AMAZING illustrations! I wanted to share ALL the drawings because I loved them so much, so click on the gallery to view each full size illustration

At the wikend wi nivver sit doon
Wir either skatin, crabbin or gaen doon I toon
The Lido’s gey hoochin wi faimlies waakin dugs
The soons o bairnies squealin fills wir lugs*

Skurries pinch wir pieces file wir puddlin in the waater
We’ll later ging tae Zanres fur a fine sausage in baatter!
Back hame tae wir hooses, jammies on an a buik tae read
Aifter aniter bonnie day wi freens, oot in Peterheid!

Tattiebogles, oxters, peekin bairns an lugs
Foggiebummers, bosies, puddock, doup an dugs
Hummel doddies, peely wally duncin, scunnert, feel
A o these are Doric wurds kent at Meethill Skweel!

Annie Shirer – Doric Rhymes

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I’m gey chuffed to be able to share the news that the Annie Shirer Doric Rhymes web page (https://annieshirerrhymes.co.uk/) has been updated with rhymes and illustrations from pupils at Strichen and New Deer Primary schools!

P3/4 (Strichen) and P3 (New Deer) worked with me as a class to create some new Doric rhymes about Mormond Hill, the Culsh Monument and things they did and didn’t like as well as illustrating these rhymes and some of Annie’s original collected rhymes from over 100 years ago!

The P6/7s worked with Pauline as a class to create new seasonal rhymes about coming back to school after the summer holidays, the hairst (harvest) and rhymes about farm work and the New Deer Show. They then went off on their own into groups to create new Doric rhymes based on some of Annie’s original collected rhymes. All of this came with some excellent illustrations which you can see on the web page!

Thanks must go to Ewan McVicar who has converted me to one of Annie’s No1 fans and to The Doric Board who funded this project.

If you’d like a Doric rhyme creation workshop in your school, please get in touch with me (see “contact/links” above)

Here’s some of my favourite illustrations from Strichen and New Deer!

Strichen School and the Loons an Lassikies Project

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Auld Deer, New Deer, Strichen and the Broch
Syne we’ll hae a straucht road,
An that will gar me hough

It’s my fifth visit to a North East school as part of the Loons an Lassikies project! The P6/7s and P3/4s at Strichen School will be creating new rhymes based on those collected over 100 years ago by the wonderful Annie Shirer (who can be seen in the photo below on the right wearing a wonderful corsage ).

You can find out the rhymes created so far by going to https://annieshirerrhymes.co.uk/

The project has been funded by The Doric Board and I’m really looking forward to seeing what the pupils come up with!