Notes.--_wae_, sorrowful; _maun thole_, must endure, must
put up with; _factor's snash_, agent's abuse; _poind_,
seize upon, sequester; _gear_, property; _hae_, have;
_no sae_, not so; _wad_, would; _poortith_, poverty;
_grushie_, of thriving growth, well-grown; _weans_,
children; _win's_, winds; _nappy_, foaming ale; _reeks_,
smokes; _ream_, cream; _luntin'_, smoking, emitting smoke;
_sneeshin-mill_, snuff box; _cantie_, merry; _crackin'_,
conversing; _crouse_, with good spirits; _ranting_,
running noisily; _fain_, glad; _gloamin'_, twilight;
_bum-clock_, beetle (that booms); _kye_, cows; _rowtin'_,
lowing; _loan_, milking-place; _lugs_, ears.
SCOTTISH (Group 8): EDINBURGH.
The following stanzas are from _The Farmer's Ingle_, a poem by
Robert Fergusson (1750-1774), a native of Edinburgh.
Whan gloming grey out o'er the welkin keeks,
Whan Batie ca's his owsen to the byre,
Whan Thrasher John, sair dung, his barn-door steeks,
And lusty lasses at the dighting tire:
What bangs fu' leal the e'enings coming cauld,
And gars snaw-tappit winter freeze in vain,
Gars dowie mortals look baith blythe and bauld,
Nor fley'd wi' a' the poortith o' the plain;
Begin, my Muse, and chant in hamely strain.
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