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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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granie
,
grainie
,
granyi
noun
a hill or mountain
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etymology:
Gaelic
gràinne
which means ‘grain’ as on cloth
ie
‘something raised or protruding’; form
grainie
attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies