parritch
Britishnoun
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An old lady who lived near my boyhood home used to tell me that the greatness of the Scottish race was attributable to "patience, pairseverance, and lots of parritch."
From Time Magazine Archive
In the West of Scotland they sometimes say:— Ease, ose, man's nose; Cauld parritch, pease brose.
From Children's Rhymes, Children's Games, Children's Songs, Children's Stories A Book for Bairns and Big Folk by Ford, Robert
Dinna forget to milk the cow, lassie," said she, "nor to mak yer father's parritch about eight o'clock, and I'll rin owre mysel, and see what's the matter wi' puir Margaret Crawford.
From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 11 by Wilson, John Mackay
We should like to convince you that Scotch parritch has some real solid metal in it.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 353, March 1845 by Various
Ramsay's best Anecdote. n Scotland, the staff of life is porridge, pronounced parritch by the natives.
From Friend Mac Donald by O'Rell, Max
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