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Thread #138412   Message #3167845
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
09-Jun-11 - 03:05 PM
Thread Name: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Subject: RE: Info Required: Highland terms
Having looked at the other thread, where the "craigie" word is rhymed with "naigie" (which I've never encountered elsewhere, but that's not an indication that the word is made up for purposes of rhyming), I guess that there's some suggestion of the child eventually being hanged (Scots, "hingit") for horse-thieving.