Eenerie Twaerie
Contributors
Fieldworkers
Date
08 August 1961
Track ID
42007
Part 1
Track Information
Original Track ID
SA1961.89.B46
Original Tape ID
Summary
T. A. Robertson notes that this counting-out rhyme, from the Shetland Folk Society collection, collected by M. G. Scott, was quite common:
Eenerie, twaaerie, tuckery seven,
Halipa, crackapa, tenapa 'leven,
Pin pan musky dan,
Eidlum tweetlum twenty wan.
Item Notes
See:
'I Saw Esau' (P. & I. Opie, 1947/1992) p. 66
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) p. 82
'Miscellanea of the Rymour Club' vol. 1 (Edinburgh, 1906-1911) p. 164; vol. 2 (Edinburgh, 1912-1919) p. 94
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 335-336
Recording Location
County - Shetland
Parish - Lerwick
Island - Shetland Mainland
Village/Place - Lerwick
Item Location
County - Shetland
Language
Scots
Genre
Collection
Classification
Source Type
Reel to reel
Audio Quality
Good