Gleanings from the Vernacular. ^91 



Scardie^an oatmeal pancake. 



Scoor = to rub clean. "To scoor blankets." 



Smool = to scowl at. " What are ye smoolin' at?" 



Mr Grant : — " A correspondent from West Dumfries[shire] 

 gives me the meaning as a horse's scowl." To smool 

 aboot = to hang about listlessly. 

 Spluiter (Jamieson has splatter) == a mess. "Don't mak' a 



spluiter. " 

 Whammlum = hunger or starvation, or emptiness; overturn. 

 " Hae a dish o' whammlum." " Whammle that bine." 



Mr Grant says : — " In Huntingdon they say : — ' I have washed 

 the milk pails and set them to wemble,' i.e., drain by 

 turning upside down." 

 Wylie, is an instrument for making hay ropes. 



The following uncommon words met with in Galloway are 

 mentioned in Jamieson : — • 

 Bengle = a collection of too many things. " Ye've juist a bengle 



in your pooch." 

 Byas = by-ordinary, exceptional. "A byas fine day." "He was 



a maist byas man." 

 Glent = a smack. "A glent on the chaffs." 



Griesocks = the glowing remains of a fire. " I'll use the griesocks 

 o' the fire tae mak' a wee drap tea." 



Mr Grant : — " Wright gives grushach and griushack as Dum- 

 fries forms. In Morayshire the word is greasach, 

 Gaelic griosach." 

 Plat. See Bach. 



Pookit = wizened, or shrivelled. "He looks gey pookit." 

 Roopit = roughened or made hoarse. " He was roopit up wi' the 



cauld." 

 Rug = to rive, pull, or tug. "Don't rug ma hair." 

 Scant = faded. "A scaut-lookin' dress." 

 Yim = a small piece. " Gie me a yim o' cheese." 



In common with many others, I have been struck with the 

 frequent occurrence of German words and modes of expression ; 

 and I append a few examples. It will be noted that a different 

 etymology is suggested of the word leelang than that usually put 

 forward. 



Fleech: She fleeched Avi' me to be quate. " Duncan fieeched and 

 Duncan prayed." " Ja, ja," flehte Hilda. 



