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Threid

by Chief on December 18, 2010 at 12:00 am

"Yir thrieds goin tae end up a wee bit shorter than ye planned." Translated: threid: thread. "Your thread is going to endup a little bit shorter than you think." ðrid

└ Tags: angel, devil, eye, needle, scissors, sew

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Ilk

by Chief on January 31, 2009 at 12:00 am

Priest with big sword on a holy mission to despatch all things that look to him like a devil.

“It’s yin o ma ilk right enough. But hoo’d he dee?” Translated: ilk: family, kindred, race. “It is one of my kindred right enough. But how did he die?”

└ Tags: Death, devil, execution, priest, skeleton, skull, skulls, sword

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feechie

by Chief on December 31, 2008 at 12:00 am

A visitor with whom you should only sup if you have a long spoon.

“Ye better no be suggesting my shortbread’s feechie ye deil ye.” Translated: feechie: foul, disgusting. “You had better not be suggesting my shortbread is in any way foul you devil you.”

└ Tags: devil, food, meal, new year, red, shortbread, sup., tea

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Birsie

by Chief on December 1, 2004 at 12:00 am

“Yir either a deil or a birsie deil, ahm no haein ony stubbly deils in the ranks o Hell.” Translated: birsie: hairy. “You are either a devil or a hairy devil, I am not having any stubbly devils in the ranks of Hell.”