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This sang will be weel kent tae fowk in the wast o Scotland. This ane wis taen in the National Museum o Scotland in Embra ('Edinburgh'). In Scots whan a cheil is jeelt it is awthegither cauld. Sae ony meat that sterts oot as a bree that we gar jeel, sets hard syne. This is whit we dae whan we champ an jeel fruit an cry it jeely. The word jeel springs fae the Latin conjelare an is sib tae the Inglis 'congeal'. In mony pairts twa bits o breid wi butter, or cheese, or ither maet atween is kent as a piece, an in this instance we hae the jeely piece, or, in Inglis, "jam sandwich." In a wheen airts the word piece is equate wi the Inglis "snack" an gies us sindry kinds o pieces, sic as the fancy piece (Inglis "cake") or piece box (Inglis "lunch box").
The word wean springs fae 'wee ane' an haes been in uiss alangside bairn in wastland airts fae the 17t century onwards. The Soothron for wean or bairn is "child."
Photie taen bi Katrina MacLeod.