The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #182 Message #1609848
Posted By: rumgumption
20-Nov-05 - 09:50 PM
Thread Name: Origins: When First I Went to Caledonia
Subject: RE: Origins: When First I Came to Caledonia
I've wondered myself about those starving slaves, but I have no further light to shed. Anyone else?
In the next verse, I learned the end of the first line as "to buy some brochan" and assumed it meant porridge (also from the Scots Gaelic) rather than footwear. I don't know whether it's brochan until it's cooked though--if not, then the idea would make little sense.