Cock-A-Leekie

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By F. Marian McNeill

Published 2015

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I’ve supped gude bree i’ mony a howff

Wi’in Auld Reekie,

But nane wi’ siccan a gusty gowff

As cock-a-leekie.

Anon.

Bree, soup; howff, tavern; Auld Reekie, Edinburgh; siccan, such; gusty gowff, savoury taste.

The King (James VI and I): ‘Come, my lords and lieges, let us all to dinner, for the cocky-leeky is a-cooling.’—Scott