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ammers

[AMmerz]

embers

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bannock-stane

[BAHNuck-stayn]

stone, a flat, used for baking

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black flan

[BLAHK-flun]

draught, down

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breckans

[brEK-ns]

brackens for burning in the fire

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burden or burdeen

[bur-dun, bur-deen]

twigs or branches, bundle of, carried home on the back

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clabberd

[clAH-burdt]

covered with mud or dirt

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cosie

[coh-see]

small tub

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doal-sooch: doal-sooch comin doon the lum

[dOHl-soock: dOHl-sook cum-een doon th’lUHm]

asleep: an expression used when someone is falling asleep at the fire

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dutchack

[dUTCH-hk]

pot (metal, three-legged)

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glesser

[glEHsser]

marble made of glass for games, a

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hide the leemie

[hide the lEE-mee]

knicknacks: game involving searching for small knicknacks e.g a thimble in the cracks of a wall

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hoosachie: oor wee bit hoosachie

[HOOS-achie: oor wee bit HOOSachie]

housie: our tiny housie

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leem

[leem]

a cup

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leemies

[LEE-meez]

knicknacks, ornaments, broken bit of china used as playthings

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maughan

[MAWH-chen]

mittens

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merlicks

[mAER-likz]

baskets

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oos

[oose]

house

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smoorach

[smOO-rach]

fire ash

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skirler

[skUHRLur]

frying-pan, a

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scam

[scAHM]

lean over the fire for warmth, to

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truncher

[TRUN-cha]

soup plate, large, a

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yachan

[yAHchken]

rushes, green, used for baskets

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