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‡BURGOO, n. A kind of oatmeal porridge.Ayr. (Galston) 1911 (per Ayr.2):
Older people remember both the word and dish. It occurs in a local poem: The kail, tho' they's guid, canna thicken the bluid O' auld folks that's failin' like me; While the milk and burgoo, tak' them a' through an' through, Would rin frae this to the sea.
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