skorie1 noun young seagull A children’s rhyme runs: “Tammy Norie (or Nickol Gorie) Catched a skorie On the Peedie Sea, He gid him a nippie Apin the hippie And than he let him flee.” skorie2 noun crowd or troop Compare the old North Ronaldsay rhyme: “Come oot - Green Gorey Wi a thee skorie An follow thoo me tae the sea These words were spoken by the seal wife who returned to land to collect the cow and calves she owned.” |