Campbell, Margaret, c1871-1939 (or Stewart)
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List of vocabulary comprising tinker's cant, 27 July 1904
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW178/33
Scope and Contents
List of vocabulary comprising tinker's cant, collected from Margaret Stewart, wife of Andrew Campbell, Bohespic, Rannoch, [Easter Bohespic or Over Bohespic, Raineach both Siorrachd Pheairt/Perthshire], including terms for people such as 'Gadie = boy, Gaozie = man'; terms relating to their surroundings such as 'Beis = wood. Stand in the beis = Storn in the beis - stopping in the wood'; and terms relating to everyday activities such as eating and drinking a number of which involve the word...
Dates:
27 July 1904
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- Subject: Rannoch Perthshire Scotland X