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FALKLAND, n. Also Fauklan. The name of a town in Fife, the site of a Sc. royal palace. [′fǫ:klənd]

Combs.: †1. Falkland-bred, well-mannered, as if bred at court; 2. Falkland folk, inhabitants of Falkland (in proverbial saying in quot.); 3. Falkland manners, good manners, now always used sarcastically (Fif.¹⁰ 1912).1. Sc. 1721 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 69:
They said that he was Falkland bred, And danced by the Book.Dmf. 1810 R. H. Cromek Remains 5:
The courtly magnificence which some of your "Falkland-bred" glove-handed bards have larded their verses with.Rnf. 1813 G. MacIndoe Wandering Muse 44:
'Twad ta'en a chiel e'en Fauklan bred, To carve ayont his kennin.Fif. 1890 A. J. G. Mackay Sc. Proverbs 29:
"To be Falkland bred" meant to be a courtier.2. Fif. 1912 D. Rorie Mining Folk 413:
They're queer folk no' to be Falkland folk. (Possibly referring back to the days when foreigners were common at the palace.)3. Fif. 1827 R. Chambers Picture of Scotland II. 189:
The last and former generations of the Falklanders were remarkable over the country-side for their good breeding. Falkland manners is to this day a proverbial expression, — as also, "ye're queer fouk not to be Falkland fouk," which is generally applied by the people of the surrounding country in allusion to the singularity of the said manners.