Mhairi

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From Scottish Gaelic Màiri, which in the vocative case becomes a Mhàiri.

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There will probably be a bit at the beginning with some simple Scots tunes, such as Mhairi's Wedding.

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“Mr. MacLean is seeing to all that,” Mhairi told him.

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This disjointed dialogue was between himself and his whisky, that Mhairi knew, but the name made her all ears.

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Mhairi seized the bag and hurried up the narrow steep staircase, Joanne following.

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Mhairi was just another story, and a not uncommon one at that.

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While blackmailing Councilor Grieg in his office, Joanne suddenly pushes for Grieg to acknowledge his daughter with Mhairi, even if only in private.

A Small Death in the Great Glen A. D. Scott 2010
It had some funny name next to the door—Latin, Father Morrison had told her, but Mhairi always called it the Big House.

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He bade Mhairi good night and stumbled up the stairs.

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Joanne, clearly astonished, had no idea what Mhairi was talking about.

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Mhairi continued speaking without pause, without breath, getting it all out before she changed the two-years-or-more habit of keeping her secrets nursed close to her heart.

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