GLOSSARY

aboon	above; over
aey	always; invariably
bairns	children
braw	fine, pretty, admirable
chiel	child, fellow
cowpin’	falling, tumbling
dae	do
’gin	if
girnin’	grimacing, weeping
jaloused	guessed, deduced
lintie	a linnet (songbird)
skelped	slapped
stirk	bullock, steer
Tearlaigh	Gaelic for Charles; pronounced “Chairly”
tha’e	those
tulzie	scrap, tussle, skirmish
wha	who
wheen	number; a few