Secondary
Dialect in secondary schools
The 1996 Dialect Project.
Every secondary school has a ring-binder folder with a red back and red front cover, bearing the SIC logo and the words "SHETLAND DIALECT PROJECT, SHETLAND ISLANDS COUNCIL, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, 1996". Inside is a collection of dialect writing, some classic pieces, some more recent, all arranged in themes.
Along with the pack came recordings of some (not all) of the content. Some of these recordings appear on this website in the Literature section, by kind permission of the Schools Service.
Below is the contents list for the 1996 Dialect Project (Secondary). It can be searched by theme, by author, and by the name of the individual resource. An asterisk* indicates that the item was recorded. Links to other areas of this site are highlighted.
Secondary School 1996 Dialect Project Resources
THEME | NAME | AUTHOR |
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Beliefs and Values | Böl my Sheep* | Rhoda Bulter |
Beliefs and Values | Da Ill Wind | Laurence Graham |
Beliefs and Values | Da Night at Christ wis Boarn | Stella Sutherland |
Beliefs and Values | Olie an Omar | Stella Sutherland |
Beliefs and Values | Property Values ( a play) | Laureen Johnson |
Beliefs and Values | Why?* | Rhoda Bulter |
Beliefs and Values | Wir Inheritance | Rhoda Bulter |
Chlldhood | Childhood Reminiscence | Paul Ritch |
Chlldhood | Emergency!* | George P.S. Peterson |
Chlldhood | Frisk Waatir Troot* | Robert Alan Jamieson |
Chlldhood | Guisin ( short story) | Joan Olsen |
Chlldhood | Thule Revisited | Christine De Luca |
Country Life | Aald Maunsie's Crö* | Basil Anderson |
Country Life | At da Croft Museum | Stella Sutherland |
Country Life | Da Peerie Burn Hoose | Stella Sutherland |
Country Life | Da Show* | Vagaland |
Country Life | Daa Looks ida Door* | Emily Milne |
Country Life | Fladdabister | Rhoda Bulter |
Country Life | Laeves fae Beenie's Diary | Rhoda Bulter |
Country Life | Röts* | Rhoda Bulter |
Country Life | Saat an Snaa | Robert Alan Jamieson |
Country Life | Stallion* | Jack Renwick |
Country Life | Sundy Buits* | Emily Milne |
Country Life | Tele-tale* | Rhoda Bulter |
Da Rationale | A Skyinbow o Tammy's | Vagaland |
Depopulation | Da Clearance | Rhoda Bulter |
Depopulation | Kwarna Farna?* | Vagaland |
Depopulation | Sang o da Post-war Exiles* | Robert Alan Jamieson |
Depopulation | Starka Virna | Vagaland |
Folklore | Da Sneug Wal | Vagaland |
Folklore | Wan Guid Turn | George P.S.Peterson |
Gossip | Da Ill-makkers | Stella Sutherland |
Gossip | Gossip from Dancin wi da Mune | Grace Barnes |
Gossip | Gossip from Strife in the Valley | John J. Graham |
Humour | Clearin oot da Haandbag* | Rhoda Bulter |
Humour | Da aald Ford an da RadarTrap (short story) | Robert Johnson |
Humour | Der a Moose i da Hoose | Stella Sutherland |
Humour | Gyaan ta da Doctor* | Rhoda Bulter |
Humour | Jubilee Ode* | J.J. Haldane Burgess |
Humour | Maggie learns a Lesson at da Wheel | Jim Tait |
Humour | Observations in a Bar | Rhoda Bulter |
Humour | Twitchers | Charlie Simpson |
Humour | Willie an da Bultin Ram | Willie Couper |
Love and Relationships | A Day atween Wadders* | William J. Tait |
Love and Relationships | Choices ( a Play) | Laureen Johnson |
Love and Relationships | Da Time and da Tune | Stella Sutherland |
Love and Relationships | Dee an Me* | Emily Milne |
Love and Relationships | Fey | William J. Tait |
Love and Relationships | Half a Twalmont* | Stella Sutherland |
Love and Relationships | Hjarta | William J. Tait |
Love and Relationships | Lux in Tenebris | William J. Tait |
Love and Relationships | Marriage from Dancin wi da Mune | Grace Barnes |
Love and Relationships | Midder* | Stella Sutherland |
Love and Relationships | Sonnet pour Helene | William J. Tait |
Love and Relationships | Water-Lilies* | Vagaland |
Love and Relationships | Naar ikki lenger du elska kann | Vagaland |
Snapshots | Aald Daa* | Rhoda Bulter |
Snapshots | Aa my Selves* | Stella Sutherland |
Snapshots | Ann Eliza | Rhoda Bulter |
Snapshots | Celandine* | Stella Sutherland |
Snapshots | Da Leddy Body | Stella Sutherland |
Snapshots | Da Sloo* | Rhoda Bulter |
Snapshots | Da Trooker* | Rhoda Bulter |
Snapshots | Decline and Fall* | Jack Renwick |
Snapshots | High-flyer* | Jack Renwick |
Snapshots | I Miss Dee, Daa ( short story) | Robert Johnson, aka Cavy, Aald Daa |
Snapshots | Liza | Rhoda Bulter |
Snapshots | March-past at Arromanches* | Laureen Johnson |
Snapshots | Me Graandmidder ( short story)* | Sylvia Jamieson |
Snapshots | Scunnered | Stella Sutherland |
The Sea and Fishing | Fishing | Robert Johnson, aka Cavy, Aald Daa |
Flans frae da Haaf* | Laurence Graham | |
The Sea and Fishing | Gyaain tae da Eela | Christine De Luca |
The Sea and Fishing | Muness Sixareens ( from Hogmanay Sermon)* | William J. Tait |
The Sea and Fishing | The night that Mouat was lost | Tom Henderson |
The Sea and Fishing | Ode to a Fishy Bunk | Paul Ritch |
The Sea and Fishing | Seine Netters* | Jack Peterson |
The Sea and Fishing | Wheel of Fate | Paul Ritch |
Town life | Bidin ida Kloss | Rhoda Bulter |
Town life | Kirsty Caddel, from play Christina | Sandra Voe and Sheila Kelley |
Town life | Da Street, from Dancin wi da Mune | Grace Barnes |
Town life | Da Street (30s)*, from play It wis Herd Wark but.. | Shetland Youth Theatre and John Haswell |
Town life | Up- Helly-Aa, from Dancin wi da Mune | Grace Barnes |
Weather and Seasons | A Coorse Day* | Rhoda Bulter |
Weather and Seasons | Hjalta* | Vagaland |
Weather and Seasons | November | Rhoda Bulter |
Weather and Seasons | Voar | Rhoda Bulter |
Weather and Seasons | Voar Wadder* | Vagaland |
Weather and Seasons | Winter comes In* | Jack Renwick |
You towt we wir forgotten… | Scranna* | J.J. Haldane Burgess |
The Kist/A'Chiste: sccc
Resource pack issued to all schools in Scotland in 1996. Contains an anthology of writing in all kinds of Scots including seven Shetland dialect texts, and a few Gaelic texts; two sets of copymasters giving background information on the texts plus suggested activities; a Teachers’ Handbook (brief info here) and tape recordings of all texts. All contained in brown wood-effect strong cardboard box, (made to fit A4).
Designed to be used with pupils of all abilities in the upper primary and lower secondary school, including pupils working beyond Level E.
There is a wide variety of texts including, for example: The twa corbies, The jeely piece song, Sharleen: Ah'm shy and Crowdieknowe.
Other resources:
Individual schools are likely to have a stock of dialect resources, which may include
Dancin wi da Mune, by Grace Barnes. Full text of the 1990s play. Two extracts appear on this site in the Drama section.
A Shetland Anthology, eds John and Laurence Graham, 1998. Poetry from the earliest times to the 1990s.
Still Life, an anthology of new Shetland Dialect writing 2003, eds Johnson and Sinclair
Shetland Plays, by Marsali Taylor, published by Fair Play Press, 2009, contains two play scripts, 'Suspeecion' and 'Da lasses o Haaf Gruney', which are suitable for secondary age groups.
Bright Pebbles, eds Blance and Johnson, 2010. An anthology of poetry and prose, depicting Shetland from the 1950s onwards to the present day. Illustrated. Accompanying CD.
Collections by individual poets: for titles, see list of Writers/Readers