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Thread #40413   Message #578635
Posted By: GUEST,Dita (at work)
24-Oct-01 - 08:41 AM
Thread Name: Help with meaning of C--an--Y
Subject: RE: Help with meaning of C--an--Y
"Drappi" is strong drink, as in "a wee drappie o' it", "a drap o' the best". A wee (small) drappie. A measure of spirits. In the above song the word for the measure replaces the word for drink. A similar use, in Scots, is of the term hauf (half), which again is used to represent whisky.
love, john.