lintie


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lintie

(ˈlɪntɪ)
n
(Animals) a Scot word for linnet1
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In the essay, 'To Hell with Culture' (1953), he talked of attending a ceilidh with singers from the folk tradition, a tramp poet, a seventy-five-year-old farm-wife and a young lad from Turriff who 'sang like a lintie': 'It was one of the finest concerts I ever attended', he wrote.
The first was Cuthill Towers Lintie 48, a Prince Rupert daughter, again from the Lawrie family; and the other entry came from the Davidson family with Halmyre Urr Mayflower 224 a daughter of Knowe First Priority.
Will be very much missed by Fiona all the Lintie Stompers.
Some popular varieties include the miniature 'Baby Moon' (lemon yellow) and 'Lintie' (yellow and orange), which reach about 7 inches high.