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Betsy Whyte

Betsy Whyte

Betsy Whyte was born into a traveller family in 1919 and brought up in the age-old tradition of the ‘mist people’ – constantly moving around the country and settling down in one place only during the winter. It was while the family were ‘housed up’ at this time of year that she received her education, attending a number of village schools before winning a scholarship to Brechin High school, where she was the only traveller child. She gave up the traveller life when she married in 1939 and started writing about her childhood in the 1970s.

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Red Rowans and Wild Honey

Red Rowans and Wild Honey


ISBN: 9781841580708
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Betsy Whyte
Publication Date: November 2004
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

Betsy Whyte was a gifted, natural storyteller and this remarkable memoir brings to life her joys and sorrows - the bitter and sweet ’red rowans’ and ’wild honey’ - in a way that no work of the imagination can.

    
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Yellow on the Broom, The

Yellow on the Broom, The


ISBN: 9781841581354
Category: Autobiography/Biography
Author: Betsy Whyte
Publication Date: January 2001
Format: Paperback
Price: £6.99
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Synopsis:

Betsy Whyte’s story is a unique description of a largely vanished way of life and the story of a people who have suffered much hardship and intolerance.


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