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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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RORY-BORIES, n. A corrupt jocular form of aurora borealis.Abd. 1865 G. Macdonald Alec Forbes xvii.:
“It canna be the rory-bories, as Alec ca's them. It's ower blue.”
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"Rory-bories n.". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 25 Apr 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/rorybories>
