GLOSSARY

Auld – old

Aye – yes

Bonnie – handsome

Canna – cannot

Ceilidh – party

Frae – from

Ghillies – flexible, lace-up dancing shoes, akin to ballet slippers

Gloaming – twilight, dusk

Ken – understand

Kirk – church

Nae – none

Nicht – night

Noo – now

Sae – so

Samhain – the Celtic festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter; traditionally celebrated from sunset on 31 October to sunset on 1 November.

Tae – to

Texian – resident of Texas during the time it belonged to Mexico

Wee – small