View of Scotland/Love Poem

Question 1

“jiffywaxing the vinolay. (This is too/ordinary to be nostalgia.)”

Answer 1

Recollects in honest rather than nostalgic way. Hogmanay as a child in the 1950s

Question 2

“If we’re to even hope to prosper/this midnight must find us/how we would like to be.”

Answer 2

Remembers traditions/superstitions surrounding New Year in Scotland, links to hope for prosperity

Question 3

“Down on her hands and knees/at ten at night on Hogmanay”

Answer 3

recalls fondly mother’s anxious preparations and hard work at this time setting a good/lasting example

Question 4

“Mum’s got her rollers in with waveset/and her well-pressed good dress”

Answer 4

recalls fondly mother’s anxious preparations and hard work at this time setting a good/lasting example