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Scotch tape and fine whiskey. Brigadoon was just a bore. Highlands are quite risky. Play on, bagpipe, play, with your wail and whine. I&#8217;m a Scot and to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=571\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[3,4],"class_list":["post-571","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-poem-2","tag-poem","tag-poetry-2"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":805,"url":"https:\/\/redtinnoodles.com\/?p=805","url_meta":{"origin":571,"position":0},"title":"On Clough Road","author":"Rick Young","date":"December 21, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"On Clough Road when I was a child we had some maple trees. 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