Bob, there are quite a few websites regarding Jimmy Shand and also a review of his biography, but I never thought about asking the question there. Duh! Thanks for the suggestion. Seeing he is now ninety-two, or there abouts, I better make it quick.

Margret and Stewie, according to my brother, Richard Thompson once said in an interview or something, that his ambition was to be able to play the guitar the way Jimmy Shand played button accordion.

Also the Scots called their cattle "Doddies" and there is a reference to the "Angus Doddies" on these 78's (but not in the same manner as the Buchan Humlies). It also occured to me when I saw it, that both might be a good names for a Folk Groups.

Further, I was wondering if the North American cowboy term "doggies" was a corruption of the Scots word. It sure seems to me like a logical explanation.