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The Language of the Scottish Traveller: A Dictionary
By Pauline Cairns Speitel
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rinnies
,
riniz
noun
the sky
20
.
etymology:
origin obscure; but compare Gaelic
rinn, reann
‘a star, a planet’; only attested by Perthshire and Argyleshire Tinkler-Gypsies; form
riniz
collected by McCormick