You are not a true Scotchwoman, if you don't like the 'parritch.'

Healsome parritch, chief o' Scotia's food, wholesome porridge, chief of Scotland's food.

Ye micht think I cam for the parritch, an' no for the prayers.

You'd best eat your parritch to keep your strength up.

The smoking porridge, or parritch, of oatmeal, which is the great staple dish throughout Scotland.

They huddled close for warmth in their little cottage and were grateful for parritch and shelter.

Ye tak' but a spinfu' 'at ye could hardly ca' parritch, for they're jist puzhioned wi' sugar.

If he didna finish his parritch in the mornin', they were warmed up for him again at nicht.

Jock Gordon, ye lazy ne'er-do-weel, ye hinna carried in a single peat, an' it comin' on for parritch-time.

Dougal advised me finally to save my breath to cool my parritch with, and after that we rode in silence.

And the words were true enough, for auld Fairmer Scott only gave me a pund a month and parritch twice a day.

So grateful and happy was the poor laddie, that he nevermore grumbled at his oatmeal parritch, or minded his kye with a scowling brow.

In a few minutes she laid it down, and asked in a low voice, "Will you have a plate o' parritch, Davie?"

Their keep, iv yo feed em on parritch, is nobbut a fleabite, an they'n got a good stock o' cloos, Sandy's nurse towd me.'

"Ye dinna seem to relish your parritch, sir," said David rather grimly.

'The parritch is guid eneuch,' said my mother.