Thistle soup
Subtitle: a ladleful of Scottish life
By: Peter Kerr.
Edition: 1st Lyons Press ed.
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Guilford, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: Kerr, Peter, 1940- -- Homes and haunts -- Scotland -- East Lothian.; Country life -- Scotland -- East Lothian.; Farm life -- Scotland -- East Lothian.; East Lothian (Scotland) -- Social life and customs.
Notes: Originally published: Chichester, U.K. : Summersdale Publishers, c2002.
Table of contents: title: Leaning against the wind; title: Gas masks, two Romeos, and a ghost; title: The hen's march to the midden; title: Matters of life and death; title: The devil of Monument Hill; title: The noisy passing of a quiet way of life; title: A peedie piece o' peace; title: Into the realm of the gypsy king; title: Bending with the rising winds of change; title: Bagpipes, boogie, and bullock breath; title: Good fortune found, a treasure lost; title: Tying knots and cutting ties; title: From bagpipes to the Beatles and back again; title: Going home; title: Dame Fortune is a transvestite; title: Balancing the scales of fate; title: Of goblins, ghosts, and goodbyes.