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caain time

nountime

Season for bringing hill sheep home

The season for rounding up hill sheep and bringing them back to the croft from summer grazing.

Example in use

Noo's caain time, aa'll hing tae the brae.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/KAYN-tym/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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