Wednesday, May 20, 2026
Howlowlaria
Walter Scott (1771-1832), The Antiquary, chap. XXVIII (Jonathan Oldbuck and Edie Ochiltree speaking):
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'I do bethink me you were the first person we met when Sir Arthur made his successful attack upon Misticot's grave, and also that when the labourers began to flag, you, Edie, were again the first to leap into the trench, and to make the discovery of the treasure. Now you must explain all this to me, unless you would have me use you as ill as Euclio does Staphyla in the Aulularia.'
'Lordsake, sir,' replied the mendicant, 'what do I ken about your Howlowlaria?—it's mair like a dog's language than a man's.'
