Scottish Words tagged with: grave - 3 posts.

A live dog in a small coffin being stroked by an old woman as the grave digger looks on next to a small open grave.

Scottish Word: Whuffle.

Tags: coffin, dog, grave, hole, shovel, sign

Ye did very weel no buryin mha wee dug when ye heard it scartin n screevin oan the lid o its kist. But I’m no peyin. Will I whuffle. It’s no my fault ye howkit a … Continue reading Whuffle. →

coffin, dog, grave, hole, shovel, sign

Scottish Word: Ugsome.

Tags: beard, brazier, gnome, grave, gravestone, graveyard, green, loathsome, magic, naked, sorcery, ugly, warlock

“Awa wi ye, ye undichtit unbekent ugsome urf.” Translate: ugsome: disgusting, loathsome, horrible. “Away with you, you unwiped unknown loathsome stunted being.” The Scottish Word: ugsome with its definition and its meaning illustrated and captioned with … Continue reading Ugsome. →

beard, brazier, gnome, grave, gravestone, graveyard, green, loathsome, magic, naked, sorcery, ugly, warlock

Burk and Hare robbing a grave, police bursting through the cemetery gate, and with Burk commenting on the weather.

Scottish Word: Dreich.

Tags: body, coffin, corpse, grave, gravestone, graveyard, night, police, rain, storm

“Burk and Hare were liftit on a dreich morning. – Probably.” Translate: Dreich: dull/bleak/miserable. “Burk and Hare were arrested on a wet rainy miserable morning. – Probably.” For those that don’t know – Burke and Hare … Continue reading Dreich. →