n the angels was with them.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] It amuses a Scotchman to find that the word cakes, as in "The Land
of Cakes," is taken, not only by foreigners, but by some English
people--as how, indeed, should it be otherwise?--to mean
compositions of flour, more or less enriched, and generally
appreciable; whereas, in fact, it stands for the dryest, simplest
preparation in the world. The genuine cakes is--(My grammar follows
usage: cakes is; broth are.)--literally nothing but oatmeal made
into a dough with cold water and dried over the fire--sometimes then
in front of it as well.

[2] Metrical paraphrases of passages of Scripture, always to be found
at the end of the Bibles printed for Scotland.

[3] See Sir Thomas Dick Lauder's account of the Morayshire Floods in
1829 (1st Ed., p. 181)--an enchanting book, especially to one whose
earliest memories are interwoven with water-floods. For details in
such kind here given, I am much indebted to it. Again and again, as
I have been writing, has it rendered me miserable--my tale showing
so flat and poor beside Sir Thomas's narrative. Known to me from
childhood, it wakes in me far more wonder and pleasure now, than it
did even in the days when the marvel of things came more to the
surface.

Note from John Bechard, creator of this Electronic text.

The following is a list of Scottish words which are found in George
MacDonald's "Sir Gibbie". I have compiled this list myself and
worked out the definitions from context with the help of Margaret
West, from Leven in Fife, Scotland, and also by referring to a word
list found in a collection of poems by Robert Burns and "Chamber's
Scots Dialect Dictionary from the 17th century to the Present" c.
1911. I have tried to be as thorough as possible given the limited
resources and welcome any feedback on this list which may be wrong
(my e-mail address is JaBBechard@aol.com). This was never meant to
be a comprehensive list of the National Scottish Language, but
rather an aid to understanding some of the conversations in this
text which are carried out in the Broad Scots. I do apologise for
any mistakes or omissions. I aimed for my list to be very
comprehensive, and it often repeats the same word in a plural or
diminutive form. As well, it includes words that are quite obvious
to native English speakers, only spelled in such a way to
demonstrate the local pronunciation.

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