Wouldn't happen to be the 23rd Psalm would it? Marilyn -----Original Message----- From: Don Crawford <donc@pyramid3.net> To: CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com <CRAWFORD-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Wednesday, July 21, 1999 6:41 AM Subject: "GOD SCHAW YE RICHT" >Sharing information with the "List"... > > >Within the Auld Kirk of Kilbirnie, immediately above the plaque pertaining >to Thomas Crawford, is the inscription "God Schaw Ye Richt". I have >inquired to several of my learned friends, including Rev. Ian Benzie, of the >Auld Kirk of Kilbirnie, as to the inscription's interpretation. All >responded with very similiar interpretations. > >Rev. Ian Benzie responded: >But your question!! Schaw is a Broad Scots word meaning 'show' and richt, >likewise means 'right'. Quite how we might translate the literal 'God show >you right' is open to question, but maybe we could think along the lines of >'God's paths are the true paths' or, God will show you the right. I will >ask around further and try to get more information for you. > >Just for a bit of fun, I have attached something copied from a Scots Psalter >dated 1902 - do you recognize it? > >"The sheep-keeepin o' the Lord 's kind an canny, wi' a braw howff at lang >last: David keps his sheep; the Lord keeps David." > >Ane heigh-lilt o' David's. > > >1.THE Lord is my herd, nae want sal fa' me >2 He louts me till lie amang green howes; he airts me atowre by the lown >watirs: >3 He waukens my wa'-gaen saul; he weises me roun, for his ain name's sake, >intil right roddins. >4 Na! tho' I gang thro' the dead-mirk-dail; e'en thar, sal I dread nae >skaithin: for yersel are nar-by me; yer stok an' yer stay haud me baith fu' >cheerie. >5 My buird ye hae hansell'd in face o' my faes; ye hae drookit my head wi' >oyle; my bicker is fu' an' skailin. >6 E'en sae, sal gude-guidin an' gude-gree gang wi' me, ilk day o' my livin; >an' evir mair syne, i' the >LORD'S ain howff, at lang last, sal I mak bydan. > >Kind regards to all the Crawfords, >Ian. > > > >