Here lies a man o’ micht,
His name was Donald Downie:
He lost his life ae market nicht
By fa’in aff his pownie.
Aged 37 years
Cullen Graveyard, Banffshire
Raymond Lamont-Brown: Scottish Epitaphs. Chambers, Edinburgh,1990
death by pownie
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