Kailyard school

Kailyard school,
from ‘Kail-yard’ (cabbage patch), a term applied to a group of Scottish writers who exploited a sentimental and romantic image of small-town life in Scotland, with much use of the vernacular; the vogue lasted from about 1888 to 1896 . Leading writers in this vein were J. M. Barrie , ‘Ian Maclaren’ ( John Watson , 1850 – 1907 ), and S. R. Crockett ( 1860 – 1914 ). These false notions of Scottish life were shattered by G. Douglas in The House with the Green Shutters ( 1901 ); in J. B. Priestley 's words, ‘into this cosy chamber of fiction Brown let in the East wind.’ See G. Blake , Barrie and the Kailyard School ( 1951 ).