“He coft me a rokelay o’ blue,

An’ a pair o’ mittens o’ green.”

Macneil. I lo’e ne’er a laddie but ane.

“Twee yards o’ red ribbon to wear for his seake,

Forbye ledder mittens he bowte me.”

Anderson. First Luive.

Mowdie, S; Mowdie-warp, C, the mole.

“The mowdie powler’t oot o’ the yirth,

An’ kyss’t the synger’s feet.”

Telfer. The Gloaming Bucht.