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Author Kerr, Peter, 1940-

Title Thistle soup : a ladleful of Scottish life / by Peter Kerr.

Publication Info. Guilford, Conn. : Lyons Press, 2004.
©2002

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Location Call No. Status
 Granby, Main Library - Adult  914.11 KER    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  941.1 KER    Check Shelf
Edition First Lyons Press edition.
Description 242 pages ; 24 cm
Note Originally published: Chichester, U.K. : Summersdale Publishers, c2002.
Contents Leaning against the wind -- Gas masks, two Romeos, and a ghost -- The hen's march to the midden -- Matters of life and death -- The devil of Monument Hill -- The noisy passing of a quiet way of life -- A peedie piece o' peace -- Into the realm of the gypsy king -- Bending with the rising winds of change -- Bagpipes, boogie, and bullock breath -- Good fortune found, a treasure lost -- Tying knots and cutting ties -- From bagpipes to the Beatles and back again -- Going home -- Dame Fortune is a transvestite -- Balancing the scales of fate -- Of goblins, ghosts, and goodbyes.
Subject East Lothian (Scotland) -- Social life and customs.
Kerr, Peter, 1940- -- Homes and haunts -- Scotland -- East Lothian.
Country life -- Scotland -- East Lothian.
Farm life -- Scotland -- East Lothian.
ISBN 1592283780
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