Cats looking at a chap with a cat with a bandaged ear resting on his bandaged arm, in a sling.

Scottish Word: Scart.

Tags: bandage, cats, crutch, ear, finger, tiles

He climbed up and gart us aw tae faw oot o a tree we didni need rescuing frae and made me scart mha lug intae the bargain. Look at him noo, aw fixed, the muckle sad … Continue reading Scart. →

bandage, cats, crutch, ear, finger, tiles

Scottish Word: Yaw.

Tags: blue, cats, mouth, night, noise, orange, shoe, teeth, town, wall, window

“That’s the last o ma shin ya wee coofs – will ye cease that awfie yaw!” Translated: yaw: caterwaul, wail. “That is the last of my shoes you little louts – will you cease that awful … Continue reading Yaw. →

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The visitation to crown with holly the poet about to give it all up gives him a cuff on the ear,.

Scottish Word: Waukit.

Tags: burns, dream, fire, fireplace, garland, inspiration, muse, poet, poetry, rhyme, smoke, soot, thatch, writer

Celebrating the 250th aniversary of Robert Burns with an excerpt from his poem ‘The Vision’. Where he doubts his ability and is visited by the Muse, the source of inspiration for creative artists, who knocks some … Continue reading Waukit. →