To me 'Sleekit' and 'Cow'rin' were terms of contempt, describing the very worst qualities in people. Sly and cowardly in a single person falls short of anything approximating a compliment. It struck me as odd that the ploughman would describe the wee mouse he had just made homeless before winter as Sleekit and Cow'rin, but he does.
Shopping for Air in Ayr
When I was a child my parents took my brothers and I down to the town of Ayr every Christmas Eve to do our Christmas shopping. Armed with a ten pound note we would go shop to shop finding what we thought would best please our grandparents and our folks. Coming home we would have … Continue reading Shopping for Air in Ayr
