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First published 1971 (SND Vol. VIII).
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SKULE, n.¹ Also scool, skull (Ork.), sköl, skjöll (Sh.); squeel, sk(w)eel. Freq. in pl.: an inflammatory disease affecting the gums and palate of a horse (s.Sc. 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry Gl.; Gall. 1824 MacTaggart Gallov. Encycl. 422, Cai. 1907 County Cai. (Horne) 84, skeels, Sh. 1908 Jak. (1928); Mry. 1928, skweels, Ork. 1929 Marw.; n.Sc. 1970). [I.sc. sk(j)öl, n.Sc. sk(w)il]Sh. 1901 Shetland News (16 Feb.):
[To] lat da mare geng wi' da skjöll da last simmer an' hairst.