Scottish Words tagged with: bog - 3 posts.

The skating minister has no idea of the technology the beavers under the ice can bring to bear and what games they play.

Scottish Word: Birk (1).

Tags: barrel, beaver, beer, bog, cave, ice, minister, rhyme, skate, steps, woodland

He’s the minister ca’d Poe frae the Parish o Ee, wha loves the winter ahn liked tae skate free, so pou the haun’l ahn let the chiel flee. Either tae birk he’ll crash or near tae … Continue reading Birk (1). →

barrel, beaver, beer, bog, cave, ice, minister, rhyme, skate, steps, woodland

Frog society in the swamp where one frog has purple bubbly water at its rear.

Scottish Word: Gangyls.

Tags: bog, flies, frog, insect, methane, skull, water

“He’s weel kent as ‘a gutts an gangyls’, slocherin doon onythin that gangs past. It’s why he gies aff stinks mair ramsh an reekit than the guff o the swamp.” Translated: a gutts an gangyls: nothing … Continue reading Gangyls. →

bog, flies, frog, insect, methane, skull, water

Holmes on the moor in thick mist with the Baskerville hound riddled with lead and feeble cries from the quicksand.

Scottish Word: Gullion.

Tags: blood, bog, detective, dog, fog, guns, marsh, mist, moor, night, sherlock, shoot, shooting, smog, watson

“I’m a bit deaved wi all the gunplay Watson. Can you hear onythin? Along the lines o ‘…sinking in a bottomless gullion…’, ‘help help’ an sic like?” Translated: gullion: deep pool of mud, a quagmire, marsh. … Continue reading Gullion. →