Editing Collie (section)

==Name==
The exact origin of the name ''collie'' is uncertain; it may derive from the [[Scots language|Scots]] word for 'coal'.<ref name="OED">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Collie, Colly |year=1933 |dictionary=[[Oxford English Dictionary]] |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref> Alternatively it may come from the related word ''coolly'', referring to the [[Scottish Blackface|black-faced mountain sheep]] of Scotland.<ref>{{cite book |author=Hubbard, C.L.B. |year=1948 |title=Dogs in Britain: A description of all native breeds and most foreign breeds in Britain |publisher=Macmillan}}</ref>  The ''collie'' name usually refers to dogs of Scottish origin which have spread into many other parts of the world, often being called [[Herding dog|sheepdog]] or shepherd dog elsewhere.<ref>{{cite book |author=Combe, Iris |year=1987 |title=Herding Dogs: Their origins and development in Britain}}</ref>
Iris Combe, in her book, “Border Collies,” says that in old Gaelic “collie” was the rural term for anything useful — a “collie dog” was a useful dog.