Scottish Words tagged with: gravestone - 3 posts.

Three witches at a cauldron creating all sorts of coloured smoke and fumes.

Scottish Word: Smuir.

Tags: boots, gravestone, masks, pipe, skull, smoke, witches

Weel weel aw oor cookin up o this virus has resulted in a wee bonus o this wee bittie cloot* whit’ll keep the smeek an smuir oot o oor lighs. ahn whit’s mair if’n we whip … Continue reading Smuir. →

boots, gravestone, masks, pipe, skull, smoke, witches

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. →