Senior citizens and staff meet at the Frank Jack Court, Peterhead, to talk about traditions, especially the 'howdie wives' who were amateur midwives in the community.
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Relationship of interviewees: Friends/connected by Frank Jack Court
Where: Peterhead, Aberdeenshire
Language of interview: Scots
Voice clip 1
The group discuss words for individual items of clothing, particularly the garments worn by fishermen. They also discuss words for undergarments, particularly long-johns.
Voice clip 2
The group discuss words for being pregnant and the tradition of 'howdie wives', meaning amateur midwives who were appointed by the local fisher community to attend on deliveries because they were experienced, 'strapping lasses'.
Wilma Rafferty
Wilma's initials, WC, were hidden during a lesson in school - but it wasn't until years later that she realised the reason behind it.
Sheila Davidson
Sheila can change her accent from broad Doric in her native Scotland to perfect 'BBC' English when she gave a presentation at the Hilton Hotel in London.
Long description of interview: The group is generally elderly and locally born and bred. We met in the day room of a Peterhead home for the elderly. Contributors were equally vocal aside from Sheila Davidson (a care home employee) who had a little more to say. Margaret Craighead was slightly hard of hearing and consequently quiet. The group became most animated when they discussed the fishing communities around Peterhead and when they reminisced about the past.
