CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1 MAMMY, WHAT NICE PICTURES IN THIS CAR

2 A LOOSE MOOSE

3 ON THE ROAD AGAIN

4 THE BIG HUNTER WITH HIS POACHER COAT ON

5 THE REAL LOCH NESS MONSTER

6 MACDUFF

7 THE CURSE OF A GOOD MAN

8 IS THERE ANYBODY THERE?

9 CHAPBOOK TALES

10 FATTY

11 POT HARRY

12 LIFE ON THE OCEAN WAVE

13 MY POETS

14 ENEMY AT THE DOOR

15 THE MORNING VISITOR

16 EWE MOTHER

17 THE FOX, THE COW, THE DEAD MAN AND THE WEE LADDIE IN THE BARREL

18 UNDER THE BLACK WATCH COAT

19 CURSE OF THE MERCAT CROSS

20 BAGREL

21 THE DAY OF THE HAIRY LIP

22 MY BROTHER’S SHARE

23 GLENROTHES

24 BELLS AND GHOSTLY CHAINS

25 A STREET NAMED ADRIAN ROAD

26 IN DEFENCE OF THE PEARLS

27 A BRUSH WITH THE LAW

28 ON THE GALLOWS’ HILL

29 MY SILENT FRIEND

30 STIRLING TALES

31 FAMILY LIFE

32 SPITTALY BANK

33 THE GIFT

34 MY TOP FLOOR HOME

35 YELLOW IN THE BROOM

36 JIP

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