baistie

Updated: May 2, 2025

I complained of our neighbour, for I thought he had an evil eye, and might some day do the children some mischief. "Our landlord, however, would not listen to my complaints. "'Dinna ye fash yersel, Geordie, he said to his herdsman, 'or take notice of what the women-folk say. It is a douce baistie, and he'll nae harm bairns nor doggies.

Various - The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911