Quhaip

erlish craitur o fowklair

A Quhaip is an ill erlish craitur o fowklair,[1] aboot the heicht a droich. Thay are kent for stealin awa weemin an wee bairns, borraein horse, an gin thay are o the mare speshies wyvin nichtmares oot o Halta dance afore pittin thaim intil the heid o a man.

References

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  1. Jamieson, John (1846). A Dictionary of the Scottish Language, in which the Words are Explained in Their Different Senses, Authorized by the Names of the Writers by Whom They are Used, of the Titles of the Works in which They Occur, and Derived from Their Originals (in Inglis). Williams Tait. p. 512.