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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
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LONYO, n. Also lonyou. A plat of cow-dung (Ork. 1929 Marw., Ork. 1961).Ork. 1924 P. Ork. A.S. II. 81:
There was a distich which I have often heard old people quoting, to show their commiseration for the poor people in Sanday who had sometimes in summer to collect off the pastures dried “‘lonyous' o' coo-dung” for ekeing out their firing.Ork. 1930 Orcadian (13 Feb.):
A lonyou was of some form circular or other.
