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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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MAIRCH, n.¹ Also Merch. Gen.Sc. forms of Eng. March, the third month of the year. Also attrib. See P.L.D. § 48.1. (2). Sc. comb. march caulin, a newly-spawned haddock (Ags. 1930 Fishery Board Gl.). See Callan, n.¹ne.Sc. 1979 Alexander Scott in Joy Hendry Chapman 23-4 (1985) 70:
Mairch and April, Mey and June,
Here I come to lay me doun,
Come to lay me doun and dee,
Air and fire and yirth and sea. m.Sc. 1991 William Montgomerie in Tom Hubbard The New Makars 18:
an there amang the ash flooers
a Merch mavis sings.