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Thread #46637   Message #3444964
Posted By: GUEST,jennyblain
30-Nov-12 - 03:31 PM
Thread Name: Help: 'The Wild Geese' Siller Tides?
Subject: RE: Help: 'The Wild Geese' Siller Tides?
I just saw this when googling for the words of the poem - the 'siller tides' are not only water but herring and sprat which were very plentiful and which turned the water of the Firth of Forth 'silver'.