Scottish Words tagged with: stories - 3 posts.

Miner the mole listening to a well prepared Ma bear in her shoe protectors and see through waterproof plastic mackintosh in the light of a full moon e the wild dark wood.

Scottish Word: Daunder.

Tags: cardigan, forest, mole, moon, scarf, spade, spectacles, stories, umbrella, waterproof, wellies

Ah’m awa for a daunder in the Wild Wood – codgie in the knowledge that the skeeriest thing in there will be me. Translate: daunder, dander: a stroll. I am going for a stroll in the … Continue reading Daunder. →

cardigan, forest, mole, moon, scarf, spade, spectacles, stories, umbrella, waterproof, wellies

The burnings of censorship, the burnings of restriction, profit and control or the flame of editorial integrity and quality, truth, discovery, and new ideas. Books are dangerous - to whom?

Scottish Word: Bysyn.

Tags: books, children, claws, key, monster, read, stories, torch

“Quick ma braw wee green bysyn o as yet unkent an unruleful thouchts – gie yersels oot o ken aback o the covers or ye’ll be scowdered awa.” Translate: bysyn, bysun, bysning: a monster, a marvel. … Continue reading Bysyn. →

books, children, claws, key, monster, read, stories, torch

Hairy Uncle Lupine from the Black Forest telling the kids his best loved horror story.

Scottish Word: Mogert.

Tags: audience, children, hair, man, rug, stories, story, teeth, toys, werewolf, wolf

“An syne the wolf wis mogert up.” Translate: mogert: rendered useless, messed up, botched. “And directly afterwards the wolf was set upon and rendered totally incapable of causing any harm from then on.” The Scottish Word: … Continue reading Mogert. →