if one were handpicking the repository of scottish culture , he thought , it might not contain such things as the recipe for warts about which an elderly woman was berating her long-suffering daughter-in-law ( `` i did tell ye , katie mac , and why ye chose tae leave my nice dried toadie behind , when ye could find room to bring all yon rubbish that we be squattin ' on and pickin ' oot from under our hurdies day and night ... '' ) , but that would last too , right along with the folksongs and prayers , with the woven wool and the celtic patterns of their art .