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If any yird, or earth, stick to the root, that is tocher, or fortune; and the taste of the custoc, that is, the heart of the stem, is indicative of the natural temper and disposition.— The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham
In the broader dialect it is "yird-house" or "eirde-house," which at once recalls the form "jord-hus" in the saga which tells of Leif's adventure underground in Ireland.— Fians, Fairies and Picts
It was howkit oot--whether oot o' hard yird or saft stane, I dinna ken; I reckon it wud be some no sae hard kin' o' a rock--and whan the deid was laid intil 't, they biggit up the mou o' the place, that is, frae that same skelf to the ane 'at was abune 't, and sae a' was weel closed in But what for didna they beery their deid mensefulike i' their kirkyairds Cause theirs was a great muckle toon, wi' sic a heap o' hooses that there wasna room for kirkyards; sae they tuik them ootside the toon, and gaed aneth wi' them a'thegither.— Heather and Snow
But gin ony o' ye be in want o' a shillin' ony day, lads, as lang 's I'm abune the yird--this ane 'll be grown twa, or maybe mair, 'gen that time So saying, the farmer put the shilling into his pocket, and buttoned it up The dragon flew splendidly now, and its strength was mighty.— Robert Falconer
If any "yird," or earth, stick to the root that is "tocher," or fortune; and the taste of the custock," that is, the heart of the stem, is indicative of the natural temper and disposition.— Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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