(DORIC) Maggie Jane Minty

Newsin wi Maggie Jane Minty

Year: C.1980s

Duration: 05:41

Filmed By: Jim Taylor

Maggie Jane Minty wis kent as i’ “Buchan Poetess” an wis a former resident o Rosehearty. She wis merrit tae ane time provost o Rosehearty, Wiliam Minty, bit wis weel kent in the airt in her ain richt fir i’ poetry she screived an published in i’ local papers an read oot at mony events ower i’ eers.

Gaitherins o her poetry wir published as buiks including “Come with Me” (1952), “Gems Frae my Pen” (1961), “The Glowing Embers” (1969), “Thro’ the Valley” an “There’s a Bee in My Bonnet” (1984).

She screived maistly in i’ Doric but likewise hid poems screiven in English. In iss interview, fillumed bi’ Jim taylor in her hame, she reads oot some o i’ work fae her buik “Gems Frae my pen”.

Fin oot mare aboot Maggie Jane Minty here .