Curlie Murlies also known as Curly Doddies

Were a specialised Angus delicacy. In F M McNeill, The Scots Kitchen, they are described as: ‘mixed sweets of various shapes and sizes, the texture of pandrops although the Curly Murlie proper had a rather knarled exterior. They were formed on a seed or other foundation such as a carvie, clove or almond. The nucleus of the Curlie Murlie proper was probably aniseed. It was about the size of a large pea. These sweets were popular on feeding-market days when Jock was expected to give Jenny her ‘market’ in the form of a pockie (poke) of market sweeties or Curlie Murlies.’ (Murl means a crumb or fragment).