Talk:Wally Bird

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what about wally dogs too?

See http://www.wemyssware.co.uk/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=31 - is "wally" the same word for the bird? PamD (talk) 14:52, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

...and poem at http://www.rampantscotland.com/poetry/blpoems_wally.htm PamD (talk) 14:54, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

... and discussion at Wikipedia:Reference_desk/Archives/Humanities/2008_January_9#Wally_dugs PamD (talk) 14:56, 11 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Wally means ornamental. It seems to be mostly a Lowland Scots usage but the Martins were perhaps of Scottish extraction. Colonel Warden (talk) 00:39, 12 November 2010 (UTC)[reply]