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First published 1934 (SND Vol. I). Includes material from the 2005 supplement.
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AULDEN, adj. Sc. form of olden.Sc. 2004 Southern Reporter 1 Jul :
At Beltane in the aulden time, it was the custom gay,
To gather round the village green and hail the festal day.
Representatives from all the Border towns joined the Gutterbluids to welcome in the Fair in front of the ancient Mercat Cross. And so the celebrations began.em.Sc. 2000 James Robertson The Fanatic 298:
'That,' she says, 'is whit they uised tae dae in the aulden days. ... 'Edb. 1866 James Smith Poems 205:
Wi' pith o' aulden days, Sing loudly [etc.].
