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Eenerie Twaerie

Date 08 August 1961
Track ID 42007
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1961.89.B46

Original Tape ID

SA1961.089

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

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R19296

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Good