The Holy Fair - Glossary

Scots	English
caller	cool
glintin	glancing
hirplin	hopping
furs	furrows
lav’rocks	larks
glowr’d	gazed
hizzies	young women
skelpin	spanking
lyart	streaked with red and white
gaed a wee a-back	walked behind
claes	clothes
hap-step-and-lowp	hop-step-and-jump
slaes	sloe berries
curchie	curtsey
feck	bulk
screed	rip
daffin	larking
runkl’d	wrinkled
sark	shirt
crowdie	porridge
gash	affable
graith	gear
hoddin	jogging
swankies young	strapping youths
thrang	throng
farl	oatcake
crump	crisp
black-bonnet	elder of the church
dails	planks
bleth’rin	gabbling
blinkin	leering
tittlin	whispering
wabster	weaver
fyl’d	Soiled
swatch	sample
thrang	busy
loof	palm
speels	climbs
Hornie	The Devil
het	hot
eldritch	unearthly
water-fit	river-mouth
niest	next
raibles	recites
birkie	fellow
hafflins-wise	nearly half
change-house	tavern
yill-caup	ale-cup
leeze-me-on	expression of great pleasure
lear	learning
pangs	crams
penny wheep	small beer
kittle	tickle
neuk	corner
touts	sounds
rairin	roaring
fou	full
lowin	flaming
dawd	large piece
gawsie	jolly
gash	ghastly
kebbuck	cheese
waesucks	alas
melvie	soil
Clinkumbell	the bell-ringer
tow	rope
jow and croon	swing and toll
dow	can
billies	boys
blink	bit
crack	talk
houghmagandie	fornication