The town mouse getting advice from the poor country mouse outside the privy on the workings of the countryside lavatory etiquette, fertilising with the midden and recycling wherever possible.

Scottish Word: Tounser.

Tags: box, bucket, candles, chair, kilt, mouse, moustache, rustic, thatch

The tounser moose aa’n the teuchter moose. “For the umpteenth time, there’s nae drains awa oot here. So tak yir chantie leavin’s tae the midden aback o the byre whaur ah’m aboot tae empty this pail … Continue reading Tounser. →

box, bucket, candles, chair, kilt, mouse, moustache, rustic, thatch

The burnings of censorship, the burnings of restriction, profit and control or the flame of editorial integrity and quality, truth, discovery, and new ideas. Books are dangerous - to whom?

Scottish Word: Bysyn.

Tags: books, Children, claws, key, monster, read, stories, torch

“Quick ma braw wee green bysyn o as yet unkent an unruleful thouchts – gie yersels oot o ken aback o the covers or ye’ll be scowdered awa.” Translated: bysyn, bysun, bysning: a monster, a marvel. … Continue reading Bysyn. →