"Ah wonder if that counts as forloppin especially when we were jist efter a bowl of whey for the ship’s cat." Translated: forloppin: runaway, renegade (of priests, friars or monks). "I wonder if that counts as abandoning one’s friary especially when we were just after a bowl of whey for the ship’s cat." for?lop?n
“While yer cooling yer doup on the cutty stool think oan. ” Translated: cutty stool: chair of repentance. “While you are cooling your bottom on the chair of repentance reflect well on what has passed.”
“Yir awfie bool-backed fur a bell ringer.” Translated: bool-backed: round shouldered. “You are awfully round shouldered for a bell ringer.”
“Weel done Cutty-sark!“ Translated: Cutty-sark: short undershirt; Robert Burns 1791, Tam O Shanter.
