AIBERDEENSHIRE QUIZ
GREAT AIBERDEENSHIRE TREASURE HUNT QUIZ
A gran welcome tae the Great Aberdeenshire Treasure Hunt.
Ye learn aboot auld Aberdeenshire songs an tunes here, an get credits for what yer hae learned.
Taeplay online, look fur the answers on oor SONGS an TUNES pages.
CHECK yer answers by hoverin your moose ower the ANSWERS on the LEFT.
Get someone tae coont up how many richt answers ye get.
EMAIL us at ceilidhwebsites@btinternet.com, tellin us how mony points ye got, yer nickname / teename / byname, and the place whaur ye live [NO yer address though].
We will add yer name tae the WINNER BOARD wi the nummer o virtual SILVER COINS ye hae won.
HAVE FUN - PLEASE
SHEET ONE
One virtual SILVER COIN for every twelve points won.
1] Complete these placenames [1 point for each correct answer.]
The Barnyards of …………………………………...
The Battle of …………………………………………
The Merry Boys of ………………………………..
The ……….………… Fairy Dance
The Barren Rocks of ………….……
2] THE PLOOBOY LADDIES
What did a ‘kitchie deem’ do?
In the Plooman Laddies song, what is a ‘den’?
Listen to the track – what instrument is being played? [Trick question!]
What is the name of the singer?
What is ‘stour’?
What was not ‘worth a groat’?
3] THE BARNYARDS O DELGATY
Where is Delgaty?
What is the other name of ‘Turra’?
What are ‘hunkers’?
Listen to the song. What instrument is being played?
What is the name of the singer?
In the song, what is a ‘snotter’?
4] THE BATTLE OF HARLAW
What date was the ‘Battle of Harlaw?’
Where did it take place?
There are at least four names in the song. 1 point for each you can name.
What is the name of the singer?
5] TUNES
THE HIGH ROAD TO LINTON
On what instruments is ‘The High Road to Linton played?
(THERE ARE MORE THAN FIVE INSTRUMENTS) [1 point each]
THE HEN’S MARCH TO THE MIDDEN
What instruments are played?
What is imitated by the harsh noise the melody instrument makes?
What is the name of the very old version of the tune?
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The Barnyards of Delgaty.
The Battle of Harlaw
The Merry Boys of Greenland
The Largo Fairy Dance
The Barren Rocks of Aden
2] THE PLOOBOY LADDIES
She worked in the farmhouse kitchen
A farm in a wooded valley
No Instrument
Christine Kydd
Dust
His gear - his possessions
3] THE BARNYARDS OF DELGATY
A mile NE of Turriff
Turriff
Haunches
Accordion
Ewan McVicar
A candle
4] THE BATTLE OF HARLAW
1411
Northeast of Inverurie
MacDonald, John Heilanman, Sir James the Rose, Sir John the Graham, Lord Forbes
Jeannie Robertson
THE HIGH ROAD TO LINTON
Whistle, fiddle, clarsach. guitar, bagpipes, drums, cymbal, bass guitar
THE HEN’S MARCH TO THE MIDDEN
Fiddle, piano
The cackling hen
The Trumpet Voluntary