A land of plenty

Buchan. A poem by John Milne in the Doric language.

Buchan - a land o'plenty,
Peat-bogs and puddock-steels, 
Weet and clorty widder,
And contermashious deils!

Buchan - a land of plenty,
Peat-bogs and toadstools,
Wet and muddy weather, 
And contrary devils!

As I gaze over the plentiful and peaceful Buchan countryside I am reminded of just how very lucky we are to live where and when we do.

A writer of farming stock, John C Milne (1897-1962) was born at Memsie near Fraserburgh. After a brilliant academic career at Aberdeen University, he turned to teaching, later becoming Master of Method at Aberdeen College of Education. His verse collection, The Orra Loon, was published in 1946 and his Collected Poems in 1963.