A shilling was a unit of money that was used in Britain until 1971 which was the equivalent of 5p. There were twenty shillings in a pound. COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary.
Ollie [ol-lie] as a name for girls (also used more widely as boys' name Ollie) is a Latin name, and the meaning of the name Ollie is olive tree. Ollie is a version of Olivia (Latin). Associated with: olive (tree). Ollieâ¼ has 1 variant: Olia.
In the original lyrics, Kitty was a girl. Toni Basil changed the lyrics from Kitty to Mickey and the gender from female to male. She decided on Mickey as she was fond of former Monkee Micky Dolenz, who she choreographed in the 1968 Monkees movie Head.