Canty and Couthie - Reviews & Comments

Author : Anne Forsyth (ed.)
Category: Poetry


'.....these verses are indeed canty (pleasant, cheerful) and couthie (agreeable). In their passionate expression and feeling for words, especially the half-forgotten words and phrases of country dialects, they give many insights into a now-vanished world and the resilience and good humour of ordinary folk.'
The Scots Magazine
'Full of warmth and humour, this is an invaluable book and it may be a long time before many of these poems are seen again in print – it is worth it alone just to read the exploits of The Fitba Family, one of the collection’s many delights.'
Peter Burnett, Journalist
'This little anthology is a timely reminder of how many good poets we’ve had, and still have, writing in the various dialects of Scotland. There are lots of good things in the collection, including pieces by David Rorie, Hamish Hendry, Andrew Dodds and Marion Angus. '
Bob Watt, Press & Journal
'I doubt if there are many brought up in Scotland who will not have their memories jogged by some of the poems in this collection.'
SWRI Magazine
'…. will be of interest to all members interested in remembering poems written in the Scots dialect. These old favourites record a Scotland long disappeared. You may remember having to learn some of these verses by heart. So if you wish to recall poems you once recited at school or concerts, these books are for you.'
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