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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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Quotation dates: 1915
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¶GOGS, n.pl. See quot.Abd. 1915 H. Beaton Back o' Benachie 13:
One spot there [in Rayne Church] was of dread to children, called the “gogs”, a “black hole” under the pulpit . . . described to children as a prison for those who did not behave in church.
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