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Chin Cherry

Date
Track ID 56101
Part 1

Track Information

Original Track ID

SA1960.147.B3

Original Tape ID

SA1960.147

Summary

A children's rhyme used for naming parts of the face while touching each part:

Chin cherry,
Mou merry,
Nose nappy,
Ee winky,
Broo brinkie,
And owre the hill and intae stinky.

Item Notes

See:
'The Singing Street' (J. T. Ritchie, 1964) p. 56
'Doh Ray Me, When Ah Wis Wee' (E. McVicar, 2007) pp. 14-15
'Scottish Nursery Rhymes' (N. & W. Montgomerie, 1946) pp. 17, 58
'Oxford Dictionary of Nursery Rhymes' (P. & I. Opie, 1951) pp. 103-104

Recording Location

County - Aberdeenshire

Parish - Old Deer

Village/Place - Fetterangus

Language

Scots

Genre

Verse

Collection

SoSS

Classification

R19553

Source Type

Reel to reel

Audio Quality

Fair