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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III).
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†CRONACH, CRONOCH, Croonach, n. Reduced forms of Coronach, q.v.Sc. 1816 Scott Antiquary xl.:
The cronach's cried on Bennachie, And doun the Don and a', And hieland and lawland may mournfu' be For the sair field of Harlaw.Ags.
1883
J. Kennedy
Poems (1930) 122:
[He] croons a cronach to his stane.Edb. 1843 J. Ballantine Gaberlunzie's Wallet viii.:
This waesome croonach scuffs his ear.Lnk. c.1779 D. Graham Writings (1883) I. 238:
When dead, his countrywives he'd have Cronoch to sing around his grave.
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