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Thread #157044   Message #3707975
Posted By: GUEST,Gutcher
10-May-15 - 09:01 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Barbara Allen
Subject: RE: Origins: Barbara Allen
[1] The word "speir" is still very much in current use here in Scotland.

[2] We talk of ploughs "gangin" or "gauen"===="going"

In the first line of verses [19] and [20] the word "yon" would be more suitable than "your".
And again in verse [21] "yon" instead of "you"