I ken mysel there's ae spot ower the hert o' 't, whilk cam o' an ill word I gied a bairn for stealin' a NEEP.
"Alec Forbes of Howglen"
George MacDonald
The old man, whose thoughts were just those of a wise child, had said to him once: "We ken no more, Maister Sutherlan', what we're growin' till, than that NEEP-seed there kens what a NEEP is, though a NEEP it will be.
"David Elginbrod"
George MacDonald
The only odds is, that we ken that we dinna ken, and the NEEP-seed kens nothing at all aboot it.
"David Elginbrod"
George MacDonald