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Thread #138412 Message #3168220
Posted By: Jim McLean
10-Jun-11 - 04:36 AM
Thread Name: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Subject: RE: Help: Britten's The Highland Balou: Highland terms
Yes, Dave, and in this case 'craigie' is, as is the rest of the poem, in Scots, derived from middle Dutch etcetera, Teutonic and not Gaelic. Two different words with different meanings and derivations.