LL-L "Etymology" 2004.10.15 (12) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.10.15 (02) [E/S]

In Edinburgh we used it to refer to any bloke in boots and work clothes
stomping along to his market garden or vegetable allotment with a spade over
his shoulder and trousers usually tucked into his socks.
Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia
"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."
>>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

> From: Lowlands-L <lowlands-l at LOWLANDS-L.NET>
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> Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 09:50:48 -0700
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> Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2004.10.15 (02) [E/S]
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> More
> often I associate the word with the sprightly old gentlemen down from the
> Highlands (perhaps) who proudly walk the streets of Edinburgh in kilts and
> green jackets.

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