Herring girls/ herring bone peat.
‘Their laughter like a sprinkling of salt
showered from their lips,
brine and pickle on their tongues,
and the stubby short fingers that could handle fish,
or lift a child gently, neatly
safely, wholesomely, unerringly,
and the eyes that were as deep as a calm’
Ruaraidh MacThòmais (Derick Thomson)
Robin A Crawford 