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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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COCKERTIE-HOOIE, -HEWIE, Cockityhooie, Cockertehoy, Cockerdehoy, adv. and n. comb. [′kɔkə(r)tɪ̢′hui, -′jui, -′hɔi, ′kɔkərdə′hɔi]

1. adv.

(1) In phr. to ride cockertie-hooie (etc.), to ride on someone's shoulders (n.Sc. 1808 Jam., cockerdehoy; Bnff.², Abd.¹⁹, Ags.¹ 1936, cockertie-hooie; Ags.² 1936, cockertehoy; Ags.⁹ (Montrose) 1926, cockertie-hewie).

(2) Upside down.Mearns 1925 (per Ags.¹):
He tummelt cockityhooie.

2. n. Used as the name of the game described in quot.Bnff. (Keith) 1894 W. Gregor in Trad. Games (ed. A. B. Gomme) I. 74:
Cockertie-hooie. This game consists simply of one boy mounting on the neck of another, putting a leg over each shoulder and down his breast. The boy that carries takes firm hold of the legs of the one on his neck, and sets off at a trot, and runs hither and thither till he becomes tired of his burden. The bigger the one is who carries, the more is the enjoyment of the one carried.