Were I hiding from my foes, Aye, though fifty men were near, I should find concealment close In the shieling of my dear. Beauty's daughter! oh, to see Days when homewards I 'll repair-- Joyful time to thee and me-- Fair girl with the waving hair!
Glorious all for hunting then, The rocky ridge, the hill, the fern; Sweet to drag the deer that 's slain Downwards by the piper's cairn! By the west field 'twas I told My love, with parting on my tongue; Long she 'll linger in that fold, With the kine assembled long!
Dear to me the woods I know, Far from Crieff my musings are; Still with sheep my memories go, On our heath of knolls afar: Oh, for red-streak'd rocks so lone! Where, in spring, the young fawns leap, And the crags where winds have blown-- Cheaply I should find my sleep.
_Bawsint_, a white spot on the forehead of cow or horse.
_Blewart_, a flower, the blue bottle, witch bells.
_Bob_, nosegay, bunch, or tuft; also to curtsey.
_Bonspiel_, a match at archery, curling, golf, or foot-ball.
_Braken_, the female fern (_pterisaquilina_, Linn.)
_Brochin_, oatmeal boiled in water till somewhat thicker than gruel.
_Camstrarie_, froward, cross, and unmanageable.
_Cantrips_, spells, charms, incantations.
_Clout_, to strike with the hand, also to mend a hole in clothes or shoes.
_Croodle_, to coo as a dove, to sing with a low voice.
_Crowdy_, meal and cold water stirred together.
_Fend_, to provide for oneself, also to defend.
_Hinney_, honey, also a term of endearment.
_Kippered_, salmon salted, hung and dried.
_Leeze me_, a term of congratulatory endearment.
_Runts_, the trunks of trees, the stem of colewort.
_Scroggie_, abounding with stunted bushes.
_Soughs_, applied to the breathing a tune, also the sighing of the wind.
_Staigie_, the diminutive of staig, a young horse.
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