| AJW in TN | Alec John Williamson in Timothy Neat see Bibliography |
| AS in TDITA | Alec Stewart in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon see Biblography |
| BM in DB | Bella MacPhee in Donald Braid see Bibliography |
| BS | Belle Stewart see Bibliography |
| BS in JS | Belle Stewart in Jess Smith The Way of the Wanderers |
| BS in SS | Belle Stewart in Sheila Stewart see Bibliography |
| BS in TDITA | Belle Stewart in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon see Bibliography |
| BW | Betsy Whyte see Bibliography |
| BW in DB | Betsy Whyte in Donald Braid see Bibliography |
| CH in TDITA | Cathie Higgins in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon see Bibliography |
| DB | Donald Baird see Bibliography |
| DC | David Campbell see Bibliography |
| DM in DC | Davie Muir in Donald Campbell see Bibliography |
| DW in DC | Duncan Williamson in Donald Campbell |
| DW in DB | Duncan Williamson in Donald Braird see Bibliography |
| e | early |
| ED in TN | Eddie Davies in Timothy Neat see Bibliography |
| EMcC/PS | Ewen MacColl and Peggy Seeger; material colllected by them in the 1970s and 1980s probably from the Stewart family |
| ES in DB | Eckie Sutherland in Donald Braid see Bibliography |
| ET | Eleanor Thom see Bibliography |
| ES in BP | Essie Stewart in Bob Pegg see Bibliography |
| ES in TN | Essie Stewart in Timothy Neat see Bibliography |
| GB | George Borrow see Bibliography |
| JH in TDITA | Jimmy Higgins in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon by MacColl and Seeger see Bibliography |
| JMacB | Jimmy MacBeath from http://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/ |
| JS | Jess Smith see Bibliography |
| JW in DB | Jimmy Williamson in Donald Braid see Bibliography |
| LB | Lexicon Balatronicum see Bibliography |
| M.T. | Patrick O’Shaughnessy, Market Traders’ Slang: a Glossary of Terms Used in Boston and Elsewhere, 1979. First appeared, in two parts, in Lore & Launguage, vol. 2, no.3 and no. 8. Used in Partridge. |
| NM | Nancy MacDonald see Bibliography |
| NM in DB | Nancy MacDonald in Donald Braid see Bibliography |
| SNorth East Scotland | Banff, Buchan and Aberdeenshire |
| RD | Robert Dawson see Bibliography |
| SMG in TDITA | Sheila MacGregor in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon by MacColl and Seeger see Bibliography |
| SR | Stanley Robertson see Bibliography |
| SS | Sheila Stewart see Bibliography |
| SS in TDITA | Sheila Stewart in Till Doomsday in the Afternoon by MacColl and Seeger see Bibliography |
| Sandy Stewart in RL | Sandy Stewart in Roger Leitch see Bibliography |
| TN | Timothy Neat see Bibliography |
| Vaux. | J.H. Vaux’s Glossary of Cant, 1812, in his Memoirs, 1819. Used in Partridge. |
| WG | Professer Emeritus William Gillies |
| WM in DB | Willie MacPhee in Donald Braid see Bibliography |