kirn

In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said "to win the kirn."

The Golden Bough: A Study in Magic and Religion 1922

In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said “to win the kirn.

Chapter 45. The Corn-Mother and the Corn-Maiden in Northern Europe 1922

At length the harvest was finished; or, as the phrase of the district was, clyack was gotten -- a phrase with the derivation, or even the exact meaning of which, I am unacquainted; knowing only that it implies something in close association with the feast of harvest-home, called the kirn in other parts of Scotland.

David Elginbrod George MacDonald 1864

By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglic, _ butter-milk).

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 1822

* By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (_Anglice ', _ butter-milk).

The Heart of Mid-Lothian, Complete Walter Scott 1801

In some parts of Scotland, as well as in the north of England, the last handful of corn cut on the harvest-field was called the kirn, and the person who carried it off was said “to win the kirn.”

The Golden Bough : a study of magic and religion 1583

By dint of assiduous research I am enabled to certiorate the reader, that the name of this person was Saunders Broadfoot, and that he dealt in the wholesome commodity called kirn-milk (Anglice’, butter-milk). —

The Heart of Mid-Lothian 2007

'kirn' is due to the fact that a churnful of cream is a feature of the night's entertainment.

Marmion Walter Scott 1801

He is going to be in real deep kirn chee when word of this gets back to Admin.

Knight Of Ghosts And Shadows Lackey, Mercedes 1990

"This is where the kirn starts," and looking over my shoulder as I ran

The McBrides A Romance of Arran John Sillars