The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . Jfcre Samuel fings witK merry glee,Come buy. gttde folks, iiirilied frae me* fraternity, describes the nature of their work in the followinglines :— There s wee Tammie Twenty, the auld tinker bodie,Comes here twice a year wi his creels and his cuddy. He works brass and copper, an a sic-like mettles,Walds broken brass pans, southers auld copper kettlea. • ••••• Fou stievely he clouts up auld broken-wind bellows,Or mends, wi brass clasps, broken-ribbd umbrellas. 214 THE EDINBURGH STREET TRADERS Closely associated with t
The Book of the Old Edinburgh Club-- Vol1-35 (1908-1985) ; (1991)- . Jfcre Samuel fings witK merry glee,Come buy. gttde folks, iiirilied frae me* fraternity, describes the nature of their work in the followinglines :— There s wee Tammie Twenty, the auld tinker bodie,Comes here twice a year wi his creels and his cuddy. He works brass and copper, an a sic-like mettles,Walds broken brass pans, southers auld copper kettlea. • ••••• Fou stievely he clouts up auld broken-wind bellows,Or mends, wi brass clasps, broken-ribbd umbrellas. 214 THE EDINBURGH STREET TRADERS Closely associated with the tinkers were other itinerantcompanies, travelling cobblers and repairers of china,crystal, and stoneware. As it was the custom of such people HeaU of ELACKFRIAR5 W=y?TO. Here Nicoiiemas baahr vrith hiisia^ toiie,Okl bellows-es ta jnend befcre Im rone. to travel with their families, a practice seems to have arisenof two or more members of a family each taking up a part ina cry. The cries of China and crystal to mend, Stonewareto mend, were fairly common, and a quaint couple in this lineof business are remembered, who rendered the former ofthese cries somewhat in the following manner:—Woman infront: Ch-e-e-e-ny to mend. Man, following with mending AND THEIR CRIES 215 apparatus : Cr-r-r-istal to mend. It is difl&cult to representthe cry by musical notation. Commencing on a high andshriU note the voice glided down through nearly an octave. Hebiots Hospital, vrom foot OFWSoMr
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