APRILE

HUNTIEGOWK

Huntiegowk or, hunt the gowk, means tae gang on a fuil's errand. It is the game ye play on the first o Aprile as weel. Gin ye manage tae play an Aprile trick on a bodie, ye cry them huntiegowk.

A GOWK is a cuckoo. Fowk say gin ye hear a gowk, ye'll live for anither year. If ye're nae wiselike, ye cud be cried a daft gowk.

The Gowk I met a gowk frae Penicuik Wha thocht he was a bird The wey he flaffed and cried 'Cuckoo' He lookit fair absurd. Whit wey he thinks he is a bird I haena got a clue But tho he's no a feathered gowk There's nae dout he's cuckoo. J. K. Annand

GOWK is ane o the wirds that comes frae Auld Norse.

Auld Wirds