“Blessing the Boat” Traditional 71

Fan ready they’d be hauled oot Wringing, dreeping, soaking weet Cloved and hung on claes poles Left ready ti dry a week.

Seems they lived that hard way of life Sic a lang time ago. If speered ‘Fit job wid ye have liked?’ They’d say, ‘Fit aither kid a doh.’

A fisherman’s life was a hard life Ma mither’s hands often sair and roch Bit I’m still prood to be a fisherman’s dother Brocht up wi the mussel troch. 5

Left: The Sarge, Jackie’s grandfather/deddie, after being interviewed for a broadcast concerning the Carapathia rescue. Her paternal granny, Mary is at the front. Also pictured is Jackie’s maternal Granny between the Sarge and Mary, his wife. Right: The Sarge in naval uniform

Jackie’s father, John Cargill with kertie and line, right, beside Jimmy Dorward

5 This is a sentiment with which I most heartily concur.