Viktoria
What a lovely version of great-aunt Beth's poem! I will print it out and keep it with the original script for future generations. "Shugheaw" had me puzzled, I must admit. I thought it was probably "sure", which would have been pronounced with two syllables and the "gh" would have been soft. I don't remember Beth speaking with a broad accent, let alone in dialect. She and two of her sisters never married and lived to a great age, As a small child I was convinced they were witches, as they always wore black!