Re: [scots-l] Kelso (wis: Bessie Bell and Mary Gray)

2001-08-16 Thread David Kilpatrick
Nigel Gatherer wrote: Nigel, this is sub-judice. In fact the girl was from Kelso. You've just written a pretty good ballad on an ACTUAL INCIDENT LAST WEEK. (Actually, it's pretty traumatic and is being treated as a serious assault by the police). How on earth did you know that the Gemini II

[scots-l] Kelso (wis: Bessie Bell and Mary Gray)

2001-08-15 Thread Nigel Gatherer
David Kilpatrick wrote: ...I wonder if they grabbed their Edinburgh rivals in the privy and cut their hair off, they way they do today? There is nothing Kelso girls like less than a pretty face, unless it's long blond hair. The town is notorious for any girl who looks half decent getting