knockwinnocks

Updated: May 7, 2025

So this Sir Richard, that they ca'd Red-hand, drew up wi' the auld Knockwinnock o' that day for then they were Knockwinnocks of that Ilk and wad fain marry his only daughter, that was to have the castle and the land. Then there was siccan a ca'-thro', as the like was never seen; and she's be burnt, and he's be slain, was the best words o' their mouths.

Sir Walter Scott - The Antiquary — Complete

So this Sir Richard, that they ca'd Red-hand, drew up wi' the auld Knockwinnock o' that day for then they were Knockwinnocks of that Ilk and wad fain marry his only daughter, that was to have the castle and the land. Then there was siccan a ca'-thro', as the like was never seen; and she's be burnt, and he's be slain, was the best words o' their mouths.

Sir Walter Scott - The Antiquary — Volume 02