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The Bard and the Bhoys by John McGill

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My thanks to Quoyloo legend John McGill, teacher, writer and raconteur, for bringing his wry humour to the blog with a tale of mischief from George Mackay Brown. The Bard and the Bhoys        Alas, poor Babs. In an act of kindness to the  rookie blogger, she gives him leave to expatiate on  any topic that takes his fancy. In case that might be  a bit daunting, she offers a short list of possibilities, all of them quite enticing, finishing with ‘ even Celtic FC, if you must  ’                                                                     Well, here’s the bad news, Babs – I must . This is a story about Glasgow Celtic. It is also a story about our famous Stromness poet, dramatist and storyteller, George Mackay Brown, to whom I send felicitations in this his centenary year. George took a highly benign interest in the fortunes of the great football club.   This, to Glaswegian like me, seemed to be quite naturally concomitant with his Roman Catholicism, but I think the football fer