A LITTLE SCOTCH.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 74, 9 December 1875, Page 7

A LITTLE SCOTCH.

[A h-omorous and satirical 'coinposifcio^^p-? peared in the columiiSTOf.7the7 ' Scotsman!? some; tiriib'ago, "entitled " A Little English." The. foi- ■' lomi-gclevpr reply to it ia frbin the poet's corner; ©f the, VLivWpoorMer«*nry.,'] '".; . | ISTorth of tHe Tweed their learning, is profound *| The Southern tongue the Scofedqes much astoundf Their education, ta'cii ; f rOxn school or steeple, ;■; Makes them 'distinguished! .as", a mighty 'people. ; Their ears are lugs, their mouth they say's a mooih; If them you please, ye'r unco, guid, forsoofcii. . Eyes with them are een, a? cap's a cool,' A creepie is -what Ye would call a stool. A horse or fork their value they do study, A hass or ass I've hoard them call a cuddy. A gal or lass— this phrase -wants explanation, As quean they call a lass of humble station. The nose a neb, the hen is called a chuckie, The periwinkle the Scotchman calls a buckio ; A. man's a pawkie chiel, a cannie loon, A house a hdose, of which twa makes a toon. For Thursday, Peersday says a wabster lad . A duck's a Duke, a hawker is a cad ; A soldier is a soger, a- stone's a stane, For ideas none; they say they hae got nave. WhisTty— well, tliat they'like as well -is any body Sometimes raw, and sometimes done as toddy. " " Oxford's not the place to go awhiskin, Ta learn to measure whisky by the nmtchkin. A pipe's a cutty, and 'bacco is tabauka ; Look to it Scottie, or we shall have to chalk a Mark upon your wee postie that May let you know a kitlin frae a caifc. The chimney on fire's with him alum a' low, And what they call a coo we call a' cow. The closed hand's a neeve, and soup is kail ; To hasten work they sometimes tak a spell. In Lothian, Forfar, Fifes-iire— fell, Hoy, callant, bide a wee ? if you they Want, they bawl. In many a shire they say— 'l n6ck ye doon, '1 scart yer een dot, of '1 use my shobn. ' If you know what's what you won't ask them for a licht, To disappear, they just get dot of sicht. A street they call the causey. If you do not like it, tliey say yer unco saucy ; It's a lee they say whon it's not the truth. A child's a wean before it is a youth * A, fight's a-fecht.-j a bittock more than mile ; . A road's a loanin ; a yett may mean a stile ; To pass from room to room is butt or ben ; If you ask for reason why, they dinna ken. If Scot is done, he's liclct as shur's a' gun. He's lost his breeks ; to you it may be fun To know what meaus he— he has lost his trews:; That he means hiß what &'ye-Qall-ems to yOU IB news. .... A fool he is not, there they're only daf f Or harumscarum, or a little saf fc. . : ■Far art th' gaun, the Aberdonians call '; Fat gar's ye speer,. replies the sturdy Gaul. A thing is whumhaild if it be upset ; A lass is doitefc if she's ta'en tho pet ; r Jenny's bawbees were ane, twa, three, Gang doon the burn, Davie, lad, if ye wad follow ihe. For names of places, and any orra bit, man, To spell them right, inquire of Isaac Pitman. Yill is ale, a bun 'they call a cookie ;. A book that's small they say is a wee bookie ; A running brook by them is called a burn'; In making butter they kirn, we churn. 1 Allog'sadcwg, a pig they caUasoo, .; A whitteret's a weasel, a.whaup.a curlow.!! He pays his score.' he's only pay'n his la win, J He's drunk— not he, he's fou near f ain ; You want Anstruther, for Ainst'r spier. The lark's a laverock, the ox a' 'steer. . •, Then let us hie to t'other side of Twe,ed, For there of education is the seed ; For whisky, toddy, kirk, and steeple; All do their best for, Scotia's people. That country, doubt not, has of men the crack -; ' Bat who e'fe heard of Scotchman that . weht back? A Towsey Tyke. --♦ —