Can anyone verify when the use of "Scotch" began to be limited to Whisky? In my youth, the term "Scotch Irish" was frequently used and people other than me played HopScotch. And we ate Butterscotch. These days, I hear "Scots-Irish" far more often. There is a Scots Presbyterian church in Charleston, which older books identify as Scotch Presbyterian.

Having said all of that, I am reminded by MOR of the old saying "Just because the cat had kittens in the oven, it doesn't make them biscuits. " Location isn't always everything.

As for nits, it was nit-like nieves that worried Burns.