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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RINGWIDDIE, n. The plant southernwood, Abrotanum artemisia.Bnff. 1922 E. S. Rae Glen Sketches 14:
You smell mignonette and “ringwiddie”.

[Appar. a conflation of Aippleringie and southern-wood, with formal influence from Rigwiddie.]

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