That’s skelp wood doon there – we’re no goin near it.

It’s fu o nests o the skelp fairies wha hae hauns as big as shovels that’ll skelp ye intae next week an back again.

It’s no laffin matter laddie as ye can see by my lugs which are still ringin by the way.

Translate:

skelp: smack.

That’s smack wood down there – we are not going near it.

It’s full of nests of the smack fairies which have hands as big as shovels that’ll smack you into next week and back again.

It’s no laughing matter my boy as you can see by my ears which are still ringing by the way.

skɛlp
The Scottish Word: skelp with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.

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