“Nae much left sonny, an I’ve still a terrible drouth upon me.”
Translate:
Drooth, drouth: extreme need of a drink /dryness/drought.
Not much left sonny, and I still have a terrible thirst upon me.
The Scottish Word: drooth with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with the word used in context in the Scots language and in English.
My gran talked about drouth when her washing wouldn’t dry. Great memories.
Are you sure she wasn’t saying “drooch” or “drookit”, as in drowned/soaked?