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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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FREUTERY, n. Also frootery, fruitery. Superstition; superstitious observances (Ork. 1845 Stat. Acc.² XV. 96). [′frøtəri]Ork. 1880 Dennison Sketch-Bk. 69:
Ye may think it freutery, bit me auld mither aye keepid twa'rt'ree laev's o' a psalm beuk shued i the back linin' o' me waistcoat.Ork. 1913 Old-Lore Misc. VI. iv. 186:
There was a superstition common in Orkney that it was very unlucky for two brides to be under the same roof, . . . but the younger man and his bride did not feck at feutries [sic].Ork. 1929 Marw.:
I pay no heed tae his sayings aboot taking the profit o' a coo an' that kind o' ting; hid's just ald frootery.Sh. 1952 J. Hunter Taen wi da Trow 105:
An wi him vainishes da last O yon aald fruitery.Ork. 1956 C. M. Costie Benjie's Bodle 63: 
For thee an' thee freutery, I dinno haad wae yin keppers ava!