Toasting bread in front of an open fire with its sparks and hot coals that always burn the rug.

Scottish Word: Saft.

Tags: beard, burnt, butter, candle, candles, cat, clockwork, fireplace, frog, logs, smoke, stick, toad, toast

“It’s a shame so few folk see a real fire noo-a-days. They’re all gettin saft AND saft in the heid with their central heatin an ithir comforts.” Translated: saft: soft. “It is a shame that so … Continue reading Saft. →

beard, burnt, butter, candle, candles, cat, clockwork, fireplace, frog, logs, smoke, stick, toad, toast

A person sick leaning on a dyke while a toad relishes its breakfast of a greasy slug.

Scottish Word: Puddock.

Tags: dyke, eat, eating, sick, slug, stone, stones, toad

‘The diet of a puddock wid gar ye boke.’ Translated: puddock: toad. ‘The diet of a toad is enough to make one vomit.’

dyke, eat, eating, sick, slug, stone, stones, toad

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Scottish Words tagged with: toad - 2 posts.

Scottish Word: Saft.

Scottish Word: Puddock.