[Loch-Ruadh] Word of the Day

[Jane Sitton]

<snip> ...An hour before noon on this day, it is the practice of  juveniles
to assemble in numbers, bringing with them old tin cans and each a cudgel,
and to go round to all the dame and public schools, and beat them before the
school-house door... <snip>

beat them?  the people or the doors?  Anyone beats me, they aren't getting
pancakes, or any other breakfast items!!

Madelina