15-scotstober-2024-puddock

Published on 24th October 2024 in Scotstober Week Two.Full resolution (923 × 666)

A person being ill while leaning on a dyke while a toad relishes its breakfast of a greasy slug at the base of the wall. In Scots: ‘The diet of a puddock wid gar ye boke.' Translate: puddock: frog Rana or (in this illustration) toad Bufo vulgaris. In English: ‘The diet of a toad is enough to make one vomit.'

Word 15 Scotstober. Puddock: frog Rana or (in this illustration) toad Bufo vulgaris.

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