2011, Wulf Kurtoglu & ‎Caroline Macafee, Braken Fences, Sae Beatrice wis ready whan she wis cried on in the middle o the nicht tae halp the howdie. It wis a saicont bairn, an Derriakin wis muckle-boukit, sae the birth gaed quick.
2011, Catherine M. Byrne, Follow the Dove, 'I've sent Davie for Lizzie, the howdie,' she said. 'Ye're not to worry. A seven month bairn can survive.'
2012, Margaret Bennett, Scottish Customs: From the Cradle to the Grave, The children born in Hawick in the olden times were, with few exceptions, ushered into the world with the aid of the howdie or midwife; for the practice of midwifery was, unless in very special cases, almost confined to women.
Interjection
1984, Preston Jones, A Place on the Magdalena Flats: A Play in Three Acts, Howdie there, Wanda. How about a cuppa .
November 24, 2015, Kristine Francis, NCIS Recap 11/24/15: Season 13 Episode 10 "Blood Brothers", He says howdie and says he got a deal for Doogan.
May 21, 2016, Sunita Mudaliar, Trying to control tourists in Umred-Karhandla is not such a good idea!, Then he went round the gypsy saying “Howdie?†to the youngsters inside, who obviously seemed fear stricken.
