Origins of Kittybrewster
The name “Kittybrewster “ goes as far back as a document dated 1597. Some have suggested that grain for brewing was grown here in medieval times, accounting for the “brewster” part of the name. A local poet, William Cadenhead, believed it had been name after a real person, Kitty Brewster, of whom he wrote:
“She sell’t a dram—I kent her fine -
The name “Kittybrewster “ goes as far back as a document dated 1597. Some have suggested that grain for brewing was grown here in medieval times, accounting for the “brewster” part of the name. A local poet, William Cadenhead, believed it had been name after a real person, Kitty Brewster, of whom he wrote:
“She sell’t a dram—I kent her fine -
Out on the road to Hilton.
Afore the door there stood a sign
Ahint a lairich beltin’.
Her yaird had midden cocks and game,
And mony a cacklin’ rooster,
She was a canty, kindly dame,
They ca’ad her Kitty Brewster.”
Afore the door there stood a sign
Ahint a lairich beltin’.
Her yaird had midden cocks and game,
And mony a cacklin’ rooster,
She was a canty, kindly dame,
They ca’ad her Kitty Brewster.”
