NOTES ON COLDINGHAM 131 



stane," which it is said was somewhere near the farm of 

 Lumsdaine. 



The young' men of Coldingham were aceustomed to play at 

 "the bob aad pennystanes " on the Sabbath day, and were 

 sharply reproved for such desecration by Mr Dysart ; another 

 of their games was " playing at the bullets." 



The word " wanwoth," meaning not worth anything, was 

 used by Aleck Storey one day when speaking of the salmon 

 as "just gat for a wanwoth." When telling — which he dearly 

 loved to do — his adventures as a witness in the famous St. 

 Abb's right of way case, and how he had been kept running 

 here and there in Edinburgh after lawyers and sheriff officers, 

 Aleck expressed his feelings in these words — "keeping me 

 running aboot like a waiter clearer"; and again, in reference 

 to the crab fishing, he said — "aye, it needs a jabble on the 

 waiter to gar the poos creep." Lastly, I heard the late Miss 

 Pae — sister of the novelist — use the word " ambersory," 

 meaning robust, and speak of "having a ' howd ' round St. 

 Abb's"; that is, a sail or row. 



In drawing to a close these desultory and somewhat confused 

 notes on Coldingham, I take the liberty of appending the 

 following local rhymes, written for me from memory by the 

 late Mrs Andrew Wilson : — 



The shore for caddies and buddies, 

 Northfield for clashes and lees, 

 Coudingham for bonnie young lasses, 

 Hymooth for randies and thieves." 



■ Hymooth it is a dirty place ; 

 A kirk without a steeple. 

 Fish guts aye lie at ilka door 

 Amang a' class o' people." 



" I stood upon Hymooth Fort, 

 And guess ye what I saw ! 

 Broon's bank, Netherbyres, 

 Newhouses, and Cocklaw." 



