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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†GRANNAM, n. Also gran'am, gran(n)um, grandham. Sc. variants of Eng. grandam(e), a grandmother. Also attrib. Also in Eng. dial.Edb. 1720 A. Pennecuik Helicon 76:
Gran'am look up unto the Glass, And there ye'll see your wrinkled Face.Ags. 1776 C. Keith Farmer's Ha' xx.:
For pussy's granum's weather-glass I do declare.Abd. 1790 A. Shirrefs Poems 331:
Sud but your honest grandham hear ye, I wadna for a saxpence clear ye.Sc. 1822 Scott F. Nigel xvii.:
I begin to think the spirit of action is as dead in Alsatia as in my old grannam.Cai. 1829 J. Hay Poems 43:
I've aften heard my hoary grannum tell, An' grannum knew about the sun fu' well.