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First published 1974 (SND Vol. IX).
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TEERIE-ORRIE, n. The game of throwing a ball against a wall, catching it and bouncing it in various ways, appar. from the nonsense words eerie-orrie used in a rhyme in the game (Slg., Fif. 1972).Fif. 1909 J. C. Craig Sangs o' Bairns 102:
An' then the games we used to ha'e Like “Teerie-Orrie,” “Save the Craw.”