Abbreviations
| core pop | (in figs. and tables) core population (i.e. general population minus Folk Revival) |
| d.o.b | date of birth |
| DOST | A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue |
| FoC | ‘The formation of the collection’ (Lyle, 2002a) |
| G‑D | The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection |
| gen pop | (in figs. and tables) general population (i.e. not Travellers) |
| generation 0 | the same generation |
| generation 1 | the parental generation |
| generation 2 | the grandparental generation |
| NSA | The New (or Second) Statistical Account of Scotland |
| OED | The Oxford English Dictionary |
| Rev | (in figs. and tables) Folk Revival |
| SND | The Scottish National Dictionary |
| SSSA | School of Scottish Studies Archives/School of Scottish Studies |
| TaD | Tobar an Dualchais/Kist o Riches |
| Trav | (in figs. and tables) Travellers |