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It's juist a stap or two to food an 'fire in' the cozy auld ingleneuk. "
Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902
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I aye keep a picnic hidden i 'the ingleneuk aboon. "
Greyfriars Bobby Eleanor Stackhouse Atkinson 1902
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"Ae day, I cam upon her sittin 'by the ingleneuk i' my ain kitchen, haudin 'a close an' a laich confab wi 'Jean.
Malcolm George MacDonald 1864
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"For his wife this was obviously an anxious time, and to this day it is said to be her ghost, which is on occasion seen running past the ingleneuk to keep a secret rendezvous with her beloved John."
- 'A Day At Dalguise', Nelson Fraser in The Scots Magazine, Jul 2004.
February 4, 2008