Wee lead slippers: The names

12/31/2007

The names

Aye, some people have been wondering.

First names - Ewan and Ellen are both characters in Lewis Grassic Gibbon's A Scots Quair. They appear in the third book Grey Granite. Ewan Tavendale is the son of Chris Guthrie, the main character of the three books. Ellen Johns appears as Ewan's girlfriend. He becomes a commie and dumps her to devote his life to the class struggle. But it's not meant to be literal. Apart from the names, a Scots Quair is set in the Mearns - Kircardineshire in the north east of Scotland. Oor Mandy's part of the world.

If you're interested in Gibbon have a look this trot's eye view or you can buy the book from Amazon.

Middle names - a bit of a middle class affectation if you ask me but Ewan's middle name is Denoon, the family name of Mandy's maw. Ellen's is Christina, which is a traditional name used by the Denoons. Though usually just for girls.

Hope - that's me. Their da.

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