| Perhaps you mean the mawkin that was put up to scare birds from the peas in the garden, for it has more in its head than Tom. |
| Someone who was considered idle was referred to as being mawkin, a word also used to describe a scarecrow. |
| Forbye, I would rather walk ae mile on the hill wi ye than twae, for ye gang up a brae-face like a mawkin! |
