drappie

Strang (1948), 13, has st. 2; differs: 1 O omitted 2 ye shud keep 3 puitin 'awa' ... the drappie 4 There's nothing I ken like the Peter Reid Rock!

Peter Reid Rock 1 1962

We'll be happy a 'thegither owre a wee drappie o't.

A Wee Drappie O't 1953

We'll be happy a 'thegither owre a wee drappie o't. cho: Owre a wee drappie o't, owre a wee drappie o't,

A Wee Drappie O't 1953

But we're a 'met thegither owre a wee drappie o't.

A Wee Drappie O't 1953

'Mind ye, I dinna ken whether 'twas a wraith I saw or no -- for I'd been first footin', ye ken, an 'maybe I had a wee drappie i' my e'e. '

Border Ghost Stories Howard Pease

No "wee drappie" ever cheered the heart of Scotsman as did the quarts of Modder that went down the throats of thirsty Highlanders who had been toasted inside and out during the long hours of the battle.

South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 Louis Creswicke

We poored a drappie brandie doon baith their throats; an 'Sandy opened his een an' says,

My Man Sandy J. B. Salmond

Concerning its clauses, from the time they were first drafted, many a talk we had together over a cup of tea with, to use his own expression, “a wee drappie in't.”

Fifty Years of Railway Life in England Scotland and Ireland Tatlow, Joseph 1920

"I'll nae deny I take a wee drappie now an 'then," the woods-boss admitted frankly, albeit there was a harried, hangdog look in his eyes.

The Valley of the Giants 1918

"Wie a normal head o 'water, the lads'll move them, but wi' the wee drappie we have the noo --" He threw up his hamlike hands despairingly.

The Valley of the Giants 1918