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Begbie's
A tavern in Market Street, Kilmarnock, across the Marnock Water from the Laigh Kirk. It later became the Angel Hotel. Burns refers to it in 'The Ordination'. The bridge over the Marnock was so narrow that churchgoers were forced to walk in a row on their way to the tavern after their devotions. The poet alleged that the Laigh Kirk worshippers were accustomed to go: "Aff to Begbie's in a raw,
An' pour divine libations
For joy this day."
In the 'Rob Rhymer' manuscript, 'Crookes's appears instead of Begbie's'. This may also have been a tavern, or perhaps an allusion to a member of the Crookes or Crox family in Kilmarnock, who were connected with the leather trade — Burns refers in the poem to 'ye wha leather rax an' draw' — and who may have invited friends in for a drink after church.
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