Bless the Wee Coo, an’ Make It a Big Coo
January 8, 2008
My mom enjoys sending me little Scottish notes while I’m at work - random facts, jokes, and readings - like a distance continued education course on my heritage.
She sent this a while back, and I thought it was quite good. Mackenzie is my mother’s side of the family.
Mackenzie Prayer
Bless a’ the Mackenzies an’ a’ the Mackenzie childer; their sons an’ son’s childer and their dochters for a thousan’ years to come.
Be Ye gracious an’ send doon mountains o’ snuff, an rivers of whiskey.
An’ oh lord send doon swords an’ pistels an’ daggers as monie as the sands on the seashore to kill the MacDonalds, the Clan Ranalds, and the Campbells.
An oh Lord, bless the wee coo, an’ make it a big coo.
An oh Lord bless the sucklin’ and make it a grand boar.
An oh Lord, bless the wee bairns, yon Angus, Alex an’ Bessie an’ Maggie an’ Florrie.
An oh Lord, build up a great wall between us an’ the Irish, an’ put broken bottles on the top, so they cannae come over.
An’ oh lord, if ye hae anything gude to gie, dunna gie it to the Irish, but gie it to your chosen people, the Scots, especially to the Clan Mackenzie an’ a’ their friends.
Glorious ye are for ever more.
rofl - you’d have to be a Brit to appreciate this. Heard of the well of the seven heads? Nice one.
Comment by Julie — January 8, 2008 @ 3:22 am
Great! >D I’m part Scottish myself :P
Comment by Suzie — January 9, 2008 @ 11:00 am
what’s a coo?
Comment by chris — January 9, 2008 @ 4:09 pm
Julie, hadn’t heard of that. Just finished Googling it - gruesome!
It’s a cow, Chris.
Comment by Rob — January 9, 2008 @ 6:34 pm
LOL! That was brilliant. What a fiercesome lot the Scots are - all that Braveheart stuff and fighting ;-)
Comment by Absolute Vanilla (and Atyllah) — January 10, 2008 @ 8:31 am