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Quotation dates: 1937
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HUNTSMAN, n. Sc. usage: the leading figure in the annual celebration of the riding of the marches at Penicuik in Midlothian.m.Lth. 1937 Scotsman (19 July):
In an opening parade the Honest Lad and Lass had the support of over 100 riders, among them the Hawick, Peebles, Lauder, and Langholm Cornets, the Galashiels Braw Lad, and the Penicuik Huntsman.
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