Glossary
aarls - small advance payment given on signing on for gutting
baa - sunken rock
bonxie - the great skua
brig - bridge
burn - stream
caa - to drive sheep
caerdin - group of women gathered to card wool
craig steen - a rock suitable for fishing from
cro - sheep fold
dell - delve
feal - turf
gaet - a footpath
grice - pig
grind - gate
haa - laird's house
heddery - heathery
jumped ship - leave ship without permission
kale - cabbage
kirn - churn
kishie - basket carried on the back
knowe - hillock
laird - landowner
meid - landmark lined up with another to mark position at sea
piltock - two to four year old coal-fish
planticrub - small enclosure for growing cabbage
rivvick - a deep fissure in the ground
roog - heap
roup - auction
runies - heap of stones
runshie - yellow flowered weeds found in cornfields
sain - bless against evil
sillock - young coal-fish
sixareen - six oared boat
tang - seaweed
taek - turf
trow - mischevous fairy
Yule E'en - Christmas Eve
trow - mischevous fairy
Yule E'en - Christmas Eve