Talk:Devil's Beef Tub

Scott quote
Did Scott write "d____d, deep" or "damned, deep". This article should accurately quote whatever he actually wrote. Google is inconsistent: see http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=%2BScott+%2B%22deep%2C+black%2C+blackguard-looking%22&btnG=Google+Search&meta= -- SGBailey 09:48, 22 August 2005 (UTC)


 * According to Project Gutenberg (etext here), Scott actually wrote "d--d deep, black," etc. So the article as it stands seems to be correct. &mdash;Ryan McDaniel 23:47, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Metric system
UK using meters for high not feet, thus meters should come first. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 118.142.68.62 (talk) 03:56, 11 November 2011 (UTC)

Devil's Beef Tub
The Scots Dialect Dictionary, first published 1911 by Chambers and compiled by the lexicographer Alexander Warrack, gives the following; “deil’s beef-tub n a roaring linn”. This is somewhat at odds with the present accepted definition of a containment area for stolen cattle. In the eighteenth and nineteenth century the local town of Moffat was famed for its sulphur baths. The sulphurous water emanated out of the ground at the Moffat Well adjacent to the Devil’s Beef Tub. This was then transported to the town bath house where its efficacious properties were enjoyed by the public. It would appear that beef-tub is a corruption of bathtub.--Tom Mackeyboard (talk) 13:33, 4 October 2020 (UTC)

The Scots Dialect Dictionary compiled by Alexander Warrack MA originally printed 1911 published by Chambers reprinted by Waverley Books 2000 ISBN 1902407 091 A note on Alexander Warracks contribution to Scots lexicography written by Roger Machin https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/267840889.pdf