Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)
Hide Quotations Hide Etymology
About this entry:
First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.
Quotation dates: 1958
[0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0]
PAVEY-WAVEYS, n. A girls'skipping-rope game in which the rope is made to undulate either horizontally or vertically on the ground, the game being to jump over it without touching it (wm.Sc. 1961).Gsw. 1958 C. Hanley Dancing in the Streets 51:
The girls played ropes, pavey-waveys or French ropes or Belgiums, as they still do to the ancient chants in Glasgow side streets.
