twirled

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Then he's on to Maisry's bower door, And tirled at the pin; "Ye sleep ye, wake ye, daughter Maisry, Ye'll open, lat me come in, my dear, Ye'll open, lat me come in."

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

She tirled fretfully at the pin, the servant-maid opened, and we went within.

From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

There came a ghost to Margaret's door, With many a grievous groan, And ay he tirled at the pin, But answer made she none.

From English and Scottish Ballads, Volume II (of 8) by Various

As the door was fastened, he "tirled at the pin," as the old ballads term it.

From Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 12 by Various

When he came to my lady's gate,5 He tirled at the pin; And wha was sae ready as the lady hersell To open and let him in?

From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various