Scottish Words tagged with: sporran - 11 posts.

Local gives alternative directions to the main way that required hanging on to chains over a sheer drop and dodging falling rocks.

Scottish Word: Bygate.

Local gives alternative directions to the main way that required hanging on to chains over a sheer drop and dodging falling rocks.

“There’s a bygate thon wye – it is shorter but mainly it’s mair interesting.” Translate: gate: path, a way, a road (bygate: a side path). “There is a byway that goes in that direction – it … Continue reading Bygate.

A highland generosity of spirit.

Scottish Word: Spicket.

A highland generosity of spirit.

“If ye fetch some watter frae yon spicket son, I’ll gie ye a dram. It’ll jist tak ye a meenit.” Translate: spicket, spigot, spriggit: outdoor tap. “If you fetch some water from that spigot just over … Continue reading Spicket.

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