Sae gie her a couthy welcome, wumman, and the best in the hoose, for oors 'ill be the first roof she 'ill be under on her way hame."
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
We had tender words also, that still bring the tears to my eyes, and chief among them was "couthy."
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren
"As for the weemen, he fair cuist a glamour ower them; they're daein' naethin' noo but speak aboot this body and the ither he cured, an' hoo he aye hed a couthy word for sick fouk.
"Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush"
Ian Maclaren