- Plack
A plack (
Scottish Gaelic : "plang") was an ancient Scottish coin of the value of one twelfth of an Englishpenny . It appears in the old song::A’ that e’er my Jeanie had,:My Jeanie had, my Jeanie had,:A’ that e’er my Jeanie had::Was ae bawbie:There’s your plack, and my plack,:And your plack, and my plack,::And Jeanie’s bawbie.
The word is probably derived from the ancient Flemish coin, a "plaquette", current before the introduction into the Netherlands of the introduction of the French money reckoned by
franc s andcentime s.It can be found in the works of
Robert Burns too::Nae howdie gets a social night,::or plack frae them:("Scotch Drink")
:Stretch a joint to catch a plack,:Abuse a brother to his back.:("To Gavin Hamilton")
ee also
*
Bawbee
*Bodle
*Pound Scots
*Scottish coinage References
* MacKay, Charles – "A Dictionary of Lowland Scotch" (
1888 )
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