Lord's sake, it's maist provokin' that if a body hes a bit whup o' illness in Drumtochty, their freends tak tae propheseein' deith.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
"'Haud on,' I says, 'till ye come tae a cross street, and dinna gang doon it, and when ye see anither pass it, but whup roond the third, and yir nose 'ill bring ye tae the Strand.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
When illness had the audacity to attack a Drumtochty man, it was described as a "whup," and was treated by the men with a fine negligence.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren