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GUEST,Scabby Douglas A' Jock Tamsons Bairns: IS this a song? (23) RE: A' Jock Tamsons Bairns: IS this a song? 19 Jun 04

Hmm - that's interesting, gerry. Thank you for that. The other usage of the name Jock or John Tamson seems to have been as a colloquial way of referring to someone meek or subdued or henpecked.

I think that usage pre-dates the Jock Tamson's bairns phrase - perhaps back to Walter Scott or before. If the name or a form of it was proverbial already, it may have been easy for it to become incorporated into a new saying.

Thanks again...

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