An’ leukt anudder way.”
Anderson. The lass abeun thirty.
God Speed, C, a small wooden partition or screen placed within the house door, when it opens directly upon the sitting room. It has probably been called so from departing guests being wished “God Speed” beside it. I first heard the word at Harrington, from a humourist who asked a group of neighbours if they’d seen Tommy Wilson, who lived next door to him, adding, “If ye sud see him, tell him ’at his barns an’ mine hev been feightin’ till they’ve knock’d t’ God-speed doon.” The fun of this lay in the well known fact that both were childless.
Gorb, C, an unfledged bird.
“Geàp, gorbie, an’ thou’ll git a wūrm.”—Proverb.
Gowk, S and C, cuckoo, fool.
“Ye breed o’ the gowk, ye’ve nae rhyme but ane.”—Proverb.
“’Bout kings and councils gowks may fratch.”
Anderson. Gud strang yell.
Gowl, C, to weep vociferously, to howl.