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Aiken Drum is also the name given by the Scottish poet William Nicholson to the brownie in his poem "The Brownie of Blednoch" (1828). The poem incorporates traditional brownie legends, but there is no evidence of the name being used for a brownie prior to Nicholson. [8] [9]
One common anthology piece sometimes associated with his name is also "The Aiken Drum". He is best remembered today for "The Brownie of Blednoch " (1828), a favourite of the poet Marion Angus (1865–1946), and "The Braes of Galloway".
Aiken Drum: United Kingdom: 1820 [6] The rhyme was first printed in 1820 by James Hogg in Jacobite Reliques. Apple Pie ABC: United Kingdom 1871 [7] Edward Lear made fun of the original rhyme in his nonsense parody "A was once an apple pie". Akka bakka bonka rakka: Norway: 1901 [8] Nora Kobberstad's Norsk Lekebok (Book of Norwegian Games). [8]
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A persistent troublemaker, young Aiken Drum refused to bend to the will of society. Offered the choice of incarceration, docilization or euthanasia, he instead chose Exile to the Pliocene. Always landing on his feet, his quick wits and schemes earned him respect from his fellow time travelers, and his latent metapsychic abilities earned him a ...