Staigs were young unbroken horses straight from the cleughs and woods.
There is an old Nithsdale ballad which I will try and drag up from my [failling] memory,---- "Gar fetch to me those twa wild staigs whilk gang in Oakenshaw and ere I either eat or drink I will his body draw" The lass Emily Smith from down that airt had obviousely heard the ballad as a story and she composed a song based on it.
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