Granny wrapped up warm with two grandchildren in T shirts on a boat on a boating pond in summer as the mist moves across the park, with a warden in the background shouting 'come in number 9 - oops - sorry, do you need any help number 6?'.

Scottish Word: Haar.

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Richt bairns, tak yer granny ashore tae a toasty tea room There’s a sair haar movin in oer the water ahn it’s like tae jeel me tae mha banes. Gleg like noo. Translate: haar: A cold … Continue reading Haar. →

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Hiker in the bothy dressing ready for the wild weather outside.

Scottish Word: Moggan.

Tags: axe, compass, flask, mouse, stockings, window

I aye like a thick moggan tae hap ma leg. Otherwise I’ve got a cauld gap atween mha jaikit an mha gore-tex pro gaiter whaur yon snell wind ootside cuts richt through ma guid winter breeks … Continue reading Moggan. →

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