Glossary fragment for Edinburgh edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'
Koae, a daw.
Kaittly, to tickle; ticklish, ?
Kittlin, a young cat
Kebbuck, a cheese
Kire's hood, a certain of the entrails of a cow
Krail runt, the stem of the Scotch kale
Kelpies, mischievous Spirits that haunt fords at night.
Kaittly, to tickle; ticklish, ?
Kittlin, a young cat
Kebbuck, a cheese
Kire's hood, a certain of the entrails of a cow
Krail runt, the stem of the Scotch kale
Kelpies, mischievous Spirits that haunt fords at night.
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/22
- Alt. number
- 3.6151
- Date
- 1787
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/22
- Alt. number
- 3.6151
- Date
- 1787
- On display
- Yes
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
Description
Glossary fragment for Edinburgh edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'. Seven lines.
This is all that remains of the glossary Robert produced for the Edinburgh edition of his poems. It appears as though he has crossed out each item on the list as it had been transcribed into some other document, perhaps a neater copy for the publisher.
The glossary was needed to explain the meaning of Scots phrases to his readers who would not have been familiar with words like ‘kae’, ‘kittlin’ and ‘kelpies’.
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
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Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
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a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- Glossary fragment for Edinburgh edition of 'Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect'