in 1798. He studied for the medical profession, qualified early, and from
his eighteenth year was a practitioner in his native town. Amid the cares
of his profession he found time to cultivate literature. He contributed
to the _Edinburgh Magazine_ from its commencement, and for many years
was a frequent writer to _Blackwood_. His contributions to the latter of
these miscellanies were occasionally signed with the Greek Δ (Delta), and
in time he came to be better known by the initial than by his name. He
died at Dumfries in 1851.
[24] The author of this notable chapbook was born at Paisley on 6th
July, 1776. He was apprenticed to the craft of weaving, and worked for
some time at this calling in Paisley, Lochwinnoch, and Queensferry.
Subsequently he became a pedlar, and, in company with his brother-in-law,
travelled about in this capacity for three years. In 1790 he published a
collection of his poems which, however, did not meet with great success.
Four years later he emigrated to America, where the remainder of his days
were passed. At first he travelled as a pedlar over a large part of the
State of New Jersey, but afterwards he took up teaching. He devoted much
time to ornithology, and by many he has been recognised as a naturalist
rather than as a poet. He died—to some extent a martyr to ornithology—on
the 23rd of August, 1813, and was interred at Southwark, Philadelphia.
[25] John Burness was (according to the sketch of his life which he
prefixed to his volume of _Plays, Poems, and Metrical Tales_, published
in 1819 at Montrose), the youngest son of William Burness, farmer,
Bogjorgan, in the parish of Bervie. He was born on the 23rd of May, 1771,
learned the trade of baker in Brechin, and followed his calling for some
years in different places in Forfarshire. In 1794 he enlisted in the
Angus Fencible Volunteer Corps of Infantry. He was with this regiment
when it was stationed in Dumfries in 1796, and while there made the
acquaintance of his relative, Robert Burns, who perused _Thrummy Cap_,
and—according to another authority—told him “it was the best ‘ghaist’
story he had ever seen in the Scottish dialect.” The Angus Fencibles
were disbanded at Peterhead in 1799. Burness proceeded to Stonehaven,
where he set up in business as a baker, and continued in that place
for nearly four years. Later he joined the Forfar Militia, in which he
served till 1815, when he was discharged. He then took up the calling of
a book-canvasser, which he pursued until his death, which occurred at
Portlethen in 1826.
[26] A lesser-known poetical chapbook was “_The Magic Pill; or, Davie and
Bess_. A Tale. Relating Davie’s Courtship to Bess, and how he Forsook
her—How Nanse, Bessie’s Mother, went to the Doctor for a Pill, which
she got, with Directions how to Use it—How it had the desired effect,
by being put into Davie’s Pouch by Bess, at a Wedding, which Discover’d
Davie’s Love to Bess, and they were Married. Likewise, how Nanse, being
a Widow, went to the Doctor with Twa Fat Hens, to return thanks for the
Pill, and how she wanted to buy a Pill for herself, to gain a Neighbour
Carle she liked; with an Account of what the Doctor said to her, and a
Receipt how to make up this Pill, and an Advice to all young women how to
Use it. EDINBURGH: Printed for the Booksellers in Town and Country. _By
R. Menzies, Lawnmarket._ (Price One Penny).” 8 pp.
[27] _The Art of Courtship_, containing _An Interesting Dialogue_ that
passed between William Lawson and his sweetheart Bessy Gibb. _Also
two Love-Letters which he sent to his Sweetheart, and her Answers_:
Very beneficial for such blate wooers, or young beginners, as have not
gotten the art of courtship. And two receipts: _The one for young Men
how to wale a good wife, and the other for young Women how to wale a
good husband...._ Stirling: printed and sold by M. Randall, 12mo, N.D.
“Hawkie,” in his Autobiography, refers to this chapbook. At page 92, he
says, in relating his adventures as a flying-stationer:—“An old copy of
an eight-page book entitled _Willie Lawson’s Courtship of Bess Gibb_, was
the first that I tried, It was a peck of ill-put-together nonsense, but
I afterwards found that _nonsense_ was the article that ‘took’ best in
the street. Of this piece I sold a number of reams, and cleaned out the
shop; I have never seen it since, and it is a small loss to the public.”
There were other chapbooks very similar in title to this in circulation.
_The Accomplished Courtier; or, A New School of Love_, published at
Edinburgh in 1764, was not unlike the _Letter Writers_ of a later date.
Another, also published in Edinburgh in 1764, was entitled _The Art of
Courtship_, and contained “Amorous dialogues, love letters, complimental
expressions, with a particular description of Courtship,” etc., etc. A
more pretentious work was _A New Academy of Compliments; or, the Complete
English Secretary_, which was published at Glasgow in 1783. It is a
duodecimo of 132 pages, and has the appearance of being made up of the
contents of a number of smaller books. There are sections dealing with
letter-writing and the art of good-breeding; and chapters which treat of
moles and their meanings and the interpretations of dreams. Then there
are “dialogues very witty and pleasing,” and “the Comical Humours of
Jovial London Gossips, in a Dialogue between a Maid, Wife, and Widow,
over a Cup of the Creature.” To all this is added “A Collection of the
newest Play-House Songs.”
[28] “An Account of a diverting Courtship that lately happened in this
Neighbourhood between a Woman of four-score and a Youth of eighteen,
whom she married. Likewise an Account of the great and most wonderful
Concessions this fond old Woman made, during the Courtship, in order to
secure this young Man for a Husband.
“1. She solemnly promised, under the penalty of keeping separate Beds,
which would break her Heart, to be blind to all his Faults,—never to
scold or be jealous, even if she should catch him toying with a young
Lass.
“2. To support and cherish Him, suppose he got sick or lazy; and to be
ready, at all times, to light and help him Home from the Alehouse, drunk
or sober.
“3. That, even if he should get a Child or two by the bye, she would
nourish and cherish them as if they were her own.
“But, sorrowful to relate, poor Granny could not keep her word; for the
third week after Marriage, she detected him kissing yellow Meg in her
own bed-chamber, broke his head with the tatoe beetle, and scolded most
furiously—on which he ran off with Meg to Edinburgh, after robbing the
old Wife of seventy pounds sterling.” 8 pp. N.D.
[29] _The Pleasures of Matrimony, interwoven with Sundry Comical and
Delightful Stories_, with the charming Delights and ravishing Sweets of
Wooing and Wedlock, in all its diverting Enjoyments. By Author Reid,
Glasgow. Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers.
[30] _The Comical Notes and Sayings of the Rev. Mr. John Pettigrew,
Minister in Govan._ Glasgow: 1767.
[31] _The Scotch Haggis: a Selection of Choice Bon-Mots, Irish Blunders,
Repartees, Anecdotes, etc._
Care to our coffin adds a nail no doubt,
While every laugh so merry draws one out.
Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers. 12mo. 24 pp. N.D.
[32] _Odds and Ends; or, a Groat’s-worth of Fun for a Penny._ Being a
Collection of the Best Jokes, Comic Stories, Anecdotes, Bon-Mots, etc.
Printed for the Booksellers. 12mo, 24 pp. N.D.
[33] _Grinning Made Easy; or, Funny Dick’s Unrivalled Collection of
Jests, Jokes, Bulls, Epigrams, etc., with many other descriptions of Wit
and Humour._ Glasgow: Printed for the Booksellers. 12mo. 24 pp. N.D.
[34] Elizabeth Isabella Spence (George MacGregor calls her _Mr._ E. J.
Spence), an observant tourist if somewhat inaccurate author, writes as
follows concerning Graham in her work, _Sketches of the Present Manners,
Customs, and Scenery of Scotland_. (2 Vols. London, 1811.) Vol. I., p.
147. “On the side of the hill, above the old village of Campsie, are to
be seen the traces of a turf cottage, the birthplace and early residence
of Dougal Graham, who, about the year 1750, wrote a rhyming history of
the rebellion of 1745. He was lame from his infancy; but, having an
inherent propensity to wander, he, with many others of his countrymen,
joined the Pretender on his arrival at Doune, and continued in his train
until his departure from Scotland, but in what capacity is unknown. He
was afterwards reduced to great poverty, and _hawked_ ballads about the
streets of Glasgow, till the magistrates, in reward of his services,
gave him the charge of the music-bells, which situation he retained
till his death near sixty years ago. He had little imagination; in his
compositions he adhered to a bare recital of facts in doggrel rhyme; and,
as he says, is likely to please only those who, like himself, had no
other than a common education. The volume, however, contains some curious
anecdotes not noticed by historians of events at that particular period;
and though it possesses otherwise little merit, it serves to illustrate
the propensity to literary pursuits amongst the lowest of the Scotch.”
This somewhat amusing note is chiefly interesting for the statement
that Graham was a native of Campsie. The author was either misinformed
or misled. Dougal narrates some biography in the first edition of his
metrical _History_, and among other things states that he was born at
Raploch.
[35] _Hawkie: the Autobiography of a Gangrel_, p. 93.
[36] A notable chapbook of this order, and one that would find a ready
sale all over Scotland is the following:—“_West Port Murders!_ A Full
and Correct Account of the Trial of William Burke and Helen M’Dougal,
before the High Court of Justiciary, on Wednesday, the 24th Dec., 1828,
for the wilful murder of Mary Campbell or Docherty, with the felonious
intent of selling her body to a Surgeon, as a subject for Dissection, and
of the Sentence, Confession, and Execution of Burke. Falkirk: Printed by
T. Johnston.” 24 pp. N.D. This particular edition is embellished with a
crude illustration, which is doubtless intended as a portrait of Burke.
[37] J. Ross, in _The Book of Scottish Poems, Ancient and Modern_, p. 13,
says this chapbook is “very likely from the pen of Dougal Graham.” Ross
gives no authority or reason for his statement, and “very likely” it is
not a production of “the metrical historian of the Rebellion.”
[38] Ebenezer Erskine.
[39] _The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham._ Vol. I., p. 73.
[40] The illustration referred to is in _The New Pictorial Bible_. There
are, as stated in the text, no pictures in _Jonah’s Mission to the
Ninevites_.
[41] Hector Macneill, who was born at Roslin in 1746, was the son of a
retired Captain of the 42nd Highlanders. Shortly after his birth, the
family removed to the west of Stirlingshire, and in due time Macneill
entered the Stirling Grammar School, which was then under the capable
management of Dr. David Doig. When a young man, he emigrated to the West
Indies, where he was engaged for a short time in a counting-house. He
returned to Scotland in 1795, when he published _Scotland’s Skaith_. A
year later he went out again to Jamaica, coming back to Scotland in 1800.
He died at Edinburgh on March 15, 1818, aged seventy-two.
[42] See _ante_, page 68, note 1.
[43] _The Life and Works of Robert Burns_, edited by Robert Chambers,
revised by William Wallace. Edinburgh, 1896. Vol. II., p. 17.
[44] James Hogg, born 1770. Died 1835.
[45] _The Tales of James Hogg, the Ettrick Shepherd._ London. 1880.
[46] John Wilson, born 1785. Died 1854.
[47] George Sinclair, who was born in 1630, was appointed to the Chair
of Philosophy in Glasgow University in 1654, but eight years later—in
1662—was ejected from office on account of his non-compliance with
Episcopacy. He thereafter devoted his time and energies to the business
of mineral surveying and engineering, and in 1670 he superintended
the introduction of water into Edinburgh. In addition to the above
contribution to the literature of witchcraft, he wrote various works on
astronomy, hydrostatics, and mathematics.
[48] Major Weir, who has been called the prince of Scottish wizards,
was the son of a farmer in Clydesdale. He entered the army, held a
commission as Lieutenant for some time, and took part in the quelling
of the insurgents in Ireland in 1641. Later, he settled in Edinburgh,
joined the Town Guard, and in time was promoted to the position of Major
of that body. In that credulous age when Satan, forgetting his Bible,
went about, not as a “roaring lion,” but as a docile cat or timid hare,
or took upon himself some more lovely form of passion, and made compacts
with many people, he found a ready recruit in the Major. Gradually it
was voiced abroad that Weir was in league with the Devil. He was put
on trial on April 9, 1670, when he “confessed himself guilty of a life
of wretched hypocrisy and vice—guilty, in fact, of crimes possible and
impossible. He felt some relief in the idea that the Devil had the larger
share in his misdeeds.” He was sentenced to be burned, and five days
later the doom was carried out “between Edinburgh and Leith, at a place
called Gallowlee.” The memory of the wizard of the West Bow was long held
in dread, and for more than a century his house remained tenantless. At
length a person foolhardy enough to occupy the place was found in William
Patullo, an old soldier, and this is what happened:—
“On the very first evening after Patullo and his spouse had taken up
their abode in the house,” says the author of _Reekiana_, “a circumstance
took place which effectually deterred them and all others from ever again
inhabiting it. About one o’clock in the morning, as the worthy couple
were lying awake in their bed, a dim, uncertain light proceeded from the
gathered embers of their fire, and all being silent around them, they
suddenly saw a form like a calf, but without the head, come through the
lower panel of the door and enter the room: a spectre more horrible,
or more spectre-like conduct, could scarcely have been conceived. The
phantom immediately came forward to the bed, and setting its forefeet
on the stock, looked steadfastly in all its awful headlessness at the
unfortunate pair, who were of course, almost ready to die with fright.
When it had contemplated them thus for a few minutes, to their great
relief it took itself away, and slowly retiring, vanished from their
sight. As might be expected, they deserted the house next morning, and
for another half century no other attempt was made to embank this part of
the world of light from the aggressions of the world of darkness.” There
is something amusing in the expression “looked steadfastly in all its
awful headlessness.” How a headless object without eyes could look at all
is known only to the Patullos and the author of _Reekiana_.
[49] “Scots Wha Hae” in one chapbook version began as follows:—
“Near Bannockburn King Edward lay,
The Scots they were not far away;
Each eye bent on the break of day,
Glimm’ring frae the east.
“At last the sun shone o’er the heath,
Which lighted up the field of death,
While Bruce, with soul-inspiring breath,
His heroes thus addressed.”
Then followed the version, according to Burns, to which these stanzas
were added by way of finish:—
“Now fury kindled every eye,
‘Forward! forward!’ was the cry;
‘Forward, Scotland, do or die!’
And where’s the knave shall turn?
“At last they all run to the fray,
Which gave to Scotland liberty;
And long did Edward rue the day
He came to Bannockburn.”
Thomson’s monstrous interpolations are kindly, compared with these verses.
[50] _The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham._ Vol. I., p. 77.
[51] In the early years of the nineteenth century there were no
newsagents in the Scottish towns, and the sale of the few newspapers in
existence was undertaken by the regular booksellers and by law-agents.
The latter have ceased to regard this as part of their duty, but many
booksellers still have a newspaper counter.
[52] _“Hawkie”: the Autobiography of a Gangrel_, p. 35.
[53] It is due to Milne’s memory to say that as a man he was distinctly
more respectable than the average pedlar.
[54] _The Bards of the Angus and Mearns_, p. 75. By Alan Reid. Paisley.
[55] _Memoirs of the late John Kippen, Cooper in Methven, near Perth_, to
which is added an Elegy on Peter Duthie, who was upwards of eighty years
a flying-stationer. Stirling: Printed by C. Randall. 12mo. 24 pp.
[56] _The Collected Writings of Dougal Graham._ Vol. I., p. 79.
[57] _The Humorous Chapbooks of Scotland._ By John Fraser. Part I., p.
114.
[58] _The Humorous Chapbooks of Scotland._ By John Fraser. Part II., p.
215.
LIST OF CHAPBOOKS REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PAGES.
Aberdeen Almanac, 101
Accomplished Courtier; or, a New School of Love, 68, 100
Account, an Interesting, of Robert Burns, 87
Account of the Last Words of Christian Kerr, 96
Account of the Massacre of Captain Porteous, 79
Address to the Town Council of Edinburgh, 30
Akenstaff, 25
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 106, 127
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp, 106
Allan Barclay, 106
Ancient King Crispin, 79
Art of Courtship, 68, 100
Auld Lang Syne, 21
Baron Munchausen, 106
Battle of Bothwell Bridge, the, 72, 73
Battle of Drumclog, the, 72, 73
Battle of Killiecrankie, 72
Battle of Otterburn, the, 72
Beauty and the Beast, 106
Blind Allan, 106
Blithesome Bridal, the, 15
Blue Beard, 33
Brief Memoir of Urcilla Gebbie, 96
Broken Heart, the, a Tale of the Rebellion of 1745, 106
Brownie of Badenoch, the, 25
Buchanan’s Almanac, 101
Caledonian Classics of the Common People, 26
Choice Drop of Honey, a, 89
Christ’s Glorious Appearance to Judgment, 89
Coalman’s Courtship to the Creelwife’s Daughter, 43, 139
Collection of Scotch Proverbs, 27, 98, 101
Comical History of the King and the Cobbler, 33, 106, 122, 127
Comical Notes and Sayings of Mr. John Pettigrew, 70
Comical Sayings of Paddy from Cork, 33, 56, 70
Comical Transactions of Lothian Tom, 56, 139
Comical Tale of Margaret and the Minister, 67
Devil upon Two Sticks, the, 25
Dialogue between John and Thomas, 98
Dick Whittington and his Cat, 33, 106
Diverting Courtship, a, 69
Divine Songs for the Use of Children, 90, 139
Dominie, the, Deposed, with a Sequel, 67
Duncan Campbell and his Dog Oscar, 103, 105
Edinburgh, 72
Edinbury (_sic_) Gleaner, the, 31
Elegy in Memory of Sir Robert Grierson of Lag, 111
Entertaining Exploits of George Buchanan, 56, 57, 70
Evan’s Sketch of All Religions, 95
Executions in Scotland from the year 1600, 72
Expiring Groans, Death, and Funeral Procession of the _Beacon_
Newspaper, 79
Fables of Æsop, 99
Fishwives of Buckhaven, the, 25
Gauger’s, the, Journey to the Land of Darkness, 64
Gentle Shepherd, the, 22, 119
Ghaist of Firenden, the, 25
Ghost of my Uncle, 106
Gilderoy, 25
Glasgow and the High Church, 72
God’s Little Remnant Keeping their Garments Clean, 86
Golden Dreamer, the, or Dreams Realised, 114
Grannie M’Nab’s Lecture on the Women, 64
Grave, the, 95
Grinning made easy, 70
Grones of Believers Under their Burdens, 89
Gude and Godlie Ballates, 19
Gulliver’s Travels, 106
Hero and Leander, 106
History of the Rebellion of 1745, 25, 36, 37, 51, 74, 78
History of Sir William Wallace, the Renowned Scottish Champion, 24, 84
History of the Haverel Wives, 48, 57
History of James Allan, 29
History of the Blind Beggar of Bethnal Green, 33
History of the Great Warrior, Robert Bruce, 84
History of the Black Douglas, 85
History of Prince Charles Edward Stuart, 85
History of the Kings and Queens of England and Scotland, 86
History of Paul Jones the Pirate, 87
History of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, 90, 93, 96
History of Joseph and His Brethren, 91, 93, 100
History of Moses, 92, 93
History of Witches, Ghosts, and Highland Seers, 111
Housekeeper, the, 100
Housewife’s Cookery Book, 99
Jack the Giant Killer, 33, 104, 106
Janet Clinker’s Oration, 63
Jockey and Maggy’s Courtship, 38, 41, 43, 57, 139, 141
John Cheap the Chapman, 35, 53, 57, 127, 130
John Falkirk, the Merry Piper, 56
Jonah’s Mission to the Ninevites, 93
John Hetherington’s Dream, 106
Leper the Taylor, 35, 57, 58
Life and Astonishing Adventures of Peter Williamson, 33
Life and Death of Judas Iscariot, 94
Life and History of Mary Queen of Scots, 85
Life and Meritorious Transactions of John Knox, 85
Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Lang, 111
Life and Transactions with the Trial of Maggie Osborne, 111
Life, Journeyings, and Death of the Apostle Paul, 94
Loss of the Pack, the, 14
Long Pack, the, or the Robber Discovered, 29, 103, 105
Maggie Lauder, 21
Magic Pill, the, or Davie and Bess, 67
Mansie Wauch, Tailor in Dalkeith, 33, 64, 103
Man’s Great Concernment, 89
Massacre of Glencoe, the, 72
Memoirs of the late John Kippen, 134
Mother Bunch’s Closet Newly Broke Open, 33
Mother Bunch’s Golden Fortune Teller, 114
Murder Hole, the, 106
Napoleon Bonaparte’s Book of Fate, 114
New Academy of Compliments; or, the Complete English Secretary, 68,
100
New Pictorial Bible, 89, 93, 94, 95, 102, 144
New Fortune Book, or the Conjuror’s Guide, 114
Night frae Hame, 98
Odds and Ends, or a Groat’s Worth of Fun for a Penny, 29, 70
Oration on Teetotalization, 98
Orr’s Scottish Almanac, 102
Paisley Repository, the, 32
Particular Account of the Great Mob at Glasgow, 79
Penny Budget of Wit, the, 33
Pilgrim’s Progress, the, 95
Pleasures of Matrimony, the, 69
Plant of Renown, 89
Poor Robin’s Almanac, 101
Prayer-Book, a, for Families and Private Persons, 91
Protest Against Whisky, 98
Prophecies of “Hawkie,” a Cow, 64
Rob Roy, the celebrated Highland Freebooter, 87
Rebellion of 1745-46, 72
Reprieve, a, from the Punishment of Death, 80
Satan’s Invisible World Discover’d, 107, 108
Scotch Haggis, the, 29, 70
Scotland, 72
Scotland’s Skaith, 97
Select Collection, 31
Siege of Troy, the, 106
Simple John, 56
Simple Simon, 33
Sinbad the Sailor, 106
Sins and Sorrows Spread before God, 90
Sir James the Rose, 25, 127
Spaewife, the; or, Universal Fortune Teller, 114
Stone, the, rejected by the Builders, 90
Strange Adventures of Tam Merrilees, 106
Surprising Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, 88, 106
Tam o’ Shanter, 13, 111
Thrummy Cap and the Ghost, 25, 66
Trial of Sir John Barleycorn, Knt., the, 117
True Fortune Teller, the; or, the Universal Book of Fate, 114
Valentine Writer, the, 100
Watty and Meg; or, The Wife Reformed, 66
Willie Lawson’s Courtship of Bess Gibb, 68
Wedding Ring fit for the Finger, 89
West Port Murders! a Full Account of the Trial of William Burke,
etc., 84
Witchcraft Detected and Prevented, 111
Witchcraft Proven, Arraign’d, and Condemned, 141
Wonderful Advantages of Drunkenness, 96
GLOSSARY.
Aboon, above.
A deed, indeed.
Ae, one.
Aft, oft, often.
Ain, own.
Ance, once.
Aneugh, enough.
Bare-fit, barefooted.
Baudy, evil.
Bawk, crossbeam in roof of house.
Bin nor ha’d, bind nor hold.
Boul-horned, obstinate.
Braid, broad.
Braw, beautiful.
Brogit, pierced.
Canker’d, ill-natured.
Canty, happy.
Chappin, knocking.
Chirtin, pressing.
Clap, pat.
Clung, empty.
Cog, basin.
Contrair, contrary.
Coupt, emptied.
Cow’d, trimmed.
Creesh, grease.
Creims, stalls.
Cumstrarie, perverse.
Curits, curates.
Dauts, fondles.
Dwal, dwell.
Elshinirons, shoemakers’ tools.
Fallow, fellow.
Flaes, fleas.
Forjeskit, disreputable.
Forfaughten, exhausted.
Fow, full.
Frae, from.
Gade, went.
Gar, make.
Gin, if.
Girning, grumbling.
Gude, good.
Gudis, goods.
Graithed, clothed.
Gule-fitted, yellow-footed.
Halesome, wholesome.
Hantle, lot.
Harled, pulled.
Haud, hold.
Heckle, a weaver’s comb.
Hizey, a girl, a huzzy.
Hoddle, waddle.
Hoiting, following, running after.
Ilk, every.
Keek, glance slyly.
Kend, knew.
Kirnan-rung, “That long staff with a circular frame on the head of
it, used anciently for agitating the cream, when upstanding
kirns were fashionable.”—_Gall. Encycl._
Kist, chest.
Lufe, hand.
Maist, most.
Mair, more.
Makar, poet.
Maumier, sweeter, pleasanter.
Maun, must.
Mou, mouth.
Muckle, much.
Munanday, Monday.
Murgully’d, mismanaged, abused.
Nayther, neither.
Neb, nose.
Neist, next.
Neits, nits.
Ouk, week.
Outhir, either.
Paepery, Popery.
Preed, tasted.
Prent, printing-press.
Prins, pins.
Redd, separate.
Ripples, a weakness in the back.
Rive, burst.
Rumple, the rump.
Saep, soap.
Saut, salt.
Sen, since.
Shaws, shows.
Shune, shoes.
Sic, such.
Siccan, such-like.
Skaith, harm.
Snites, wipes.
Socht, sought.
Sowp, sup.
Stap, put.
Staw, stole.
Steer, stir.
Stively, stoutly, firmly.
Sumf, a blockhead.
Supple, the part of a flail that strikes the grain.
Sykin, sighing.
Tane, tuther, one, other.
Tangs, tongs.
Tod-lowrie, a name given to the fox.
Toom, empty.
Trykle, treacle.