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Thus far Walker. But the Scotch, in their pronunciation, 

 not only adopt these elisions without hesitation, but many 

 more. For besides saying faut for fault, the Scots say maut 

 for malt and saut for salt. 



We may also recognise in the Scottish aumry the word 

 alniirah, meaning a press, cupboard, or wardrobe ; and for a 

 a mask or vizard the Scotch use the phrase a false face, or, 

 as they pronounce it, a fause face. 



The halse, meaning the neck, is the hause. 



" For ruddy ruddy grew her hause, 

 As she supped the bluid red wine." 



And the hauses or holes through which a ship's cable 

 passes bears indications of the same old manner of pronoun- 

 cing the word. 



To hold or hald is with the Scotch to haud. 



" Haud awa, bide awa, 

 Haud awa frae me, Donald." 



When I suppressed comes after the vowel o, the vowel 

 acquires a diphthongal sound — ow. 



Thus — gold is gowd; golden is gowden ; the game of 

 golf is gowf and the players are gowfers. 



The participle of the verb to steal, which is stolen, is 

 stown, as when the Scots speak of " steekin the door when 

 the steed's stown." 



In the Pillow Dance, the pillow or bolster used is a how- 

 ster, and the dance goes by the name of " Babbety Bowster." 



The poll, or head, is the pow. 



" There's little wit in the pow 

 That hauds the candle to the lowe." 



To roll is to row ; and a knoll, or hillock, is a know. 



This may explain the golden knolls, that is to say 

 broom hills, or gowden knowes, of the song " The Cowden 

 Knowes." 



