Nigel Gatherer wrote:
David Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[re mickle/muckle/pickle]
Nigel, I thought this was an error too, but see Yorkshire/Cumbrian etc.
Mickle means small...I don't think pickle got changed to mickle, I think
mickle has been in Scotland as long as it's been
Since we're pretty much off the original subject anyway (Thanks Nigel for
posting "Scott Skinner's Rocking Step;" it's a great tune and seems to me to
fit the HD rocking step perfectly), can anyone help me make sense of the
Scottish Country Dance title "The Rock and the Wee Pickle Tow?"
Nigel Gatherer wrote:
stan reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
"Pickle" is still in common usage in many parts of Scotland, but now
simply means a small amount of anything, not just grain...
Hi Stan. The old Scots saying "Mony a pickle maks a muckle" for some
reason underwent a
Janice Hopper wrote:
Well, no, it isn't. A rock is another word for distaff, the holder for the
flax or wool that was being spun.
From M-W.com
Main Entry: 3rock
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English roc, from Middle Dutch rocke; akin
to Old High German rocko distaff
Date: 14th
At 04:48 AM 2/23/01 -0800, you wrote:
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 21:46:42 +
From: David Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [scots-l] Rocking Step
Kate Dunlay or David Greenberg wrote:
Talking of Scott Skinner, someone asked me for his tune "Scott Skinner's
Rockin' Step"...
The
Janice Hopper wrote:
Well, no, it isn't. A rock is another word for distaff, the holder for the
flax or wool that was being spun.
From M-W.com
Main Entry: 3rock
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English roc, from Middle Dutch rocke; akin
to Old High German rocko distaff
Date: 14th
