Musselburghs Fisherraw at ae time had lassies an wemen that cairied the creel tae Embro an ither airts tae sell fish direck tae their customers. Here, ane o the last o thaim, Famie Fairnie haes mind o her days wi the creel. At the time he spiered the questions, Billy Kay wes awaur he wes spikkin tae a bodie that spak richt braw Scots. At the en, yell hear the veice o anither former fisher lassie, mindin o her granny cryin oot Caller Ou an affrontin her caller ou in English wes Fresh Oysters aince a specialitie fae the River Forth.

Billy Kay haes been daein interviews wi fowk in Scots fae the early 1980s. We spiered gin Billy cuid delve intae his soun archive an wale a wheen passages that he felt wes braw examples o the kinna Scots fowk in thir airts spak at the time.  For mair information on Billy, veisit  http://www.billykay.co.uk. Some o the oral history collectit here appears in the quairs edited by Billy and available fae yer local library: Odyssey Voices from Scotlands Recent Past; Odyssey The Second Collection and The Complete Odyssey. As weel as thir buiks,  Billy also scrievit Scots The Mither Tongue which is stull in prent.