Whish't, Ellen, it's ye'rsel' that KENS neathin' aboot it, an' I'll tell ye the truth the noo-that I've kept to mysel' this lang time till my conscience has nigh whupped me intil my grave.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
Weel, I'll tell ye that my Grey KENS how to behave, and don't go throwing herself at the head of every gentleman she meets; and for your own sake, lassie, I wish your poor mither was alive.
"One Maid's Mischief"
George Manville Fenn
And what should she be singing but- "Little KENS our guid dame at hame, Whippety-Stourie is my name."
"The Scottish Fairy Book"
Elizabeth W. Grierson