Dunnie

A Dunnie is a small

"Cockenheugh there's gear enough,

Collierheugh there's mair,

For I've lost the key o' the Bounders, (or "It is also "I've lost the key o' the Bowden-door.")

An' I'm ruined for evermair."[1]

The Dunnie is thus thought to be a

"

Elwick

for kail,

Of a' the' towns e'er I saw Howick for ale:

Howick for ale, and

Kyloe for scrubbers

,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw

robbers

;-

Lowick for robbers, Buckton for breed,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw Holy Island for need;-

Holy Island for need, and

kye

,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw Doddington for rye:-

Doddington for rye, Bowisdon for rigs,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw

whigs

:-

Barmour for whigs, Tweedmouth for doors,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw

whores

:-

Ancroft for whores, and Spittal for fishers,

Of a' the towns e'er I saw Berrington for dishes."^[2]

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