Scottish Words tagged with: bog - 4 posts.

A glowing shadowy wraith in the marsh addressed by a child in a coracle about his lost pet goldfish.

Scottish Word: Bogle.

Tags: boat, bog, lantern, trees, troll, water

Here you. Are you the bogilly bogle o Hrungnirøss the muckle trow wha drooned in the wilsome moss holes oer the bye? Wha walks the watters maist nichts by the scarrow o the moon. If’n so … Continue reading Bogle. →

boat, bog, lantern, trees, troll, water

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, telescope, 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, telescope, 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.” Translate: 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?” Translate: gullion: deep pool of mud, a quagmire, marsh. … Continue reading Gullion. →