rough

Daft Person

Rockport boots

Round

Round

watering can

mountain ash

enfold; roll; twine

auction

abundance; abundant

ladies shawl or poncho.

Big Mouth

drag; tug; twinge

touch the heart

understanding; common-sense; level-headedness

ransack; poke; plunder; search

sob; weep; drip; seep

so

So

soft

second

sore; dire; severe; grief-stricken

sore (?a sair fecht? = ?a sore fight? means something problematic)

laborious work

chair; seat

a fishing technique where a few kiln-dried heather bunches were tied together to make a heather torch. This special basket was held down by the water?s edge

Scottish flag.

song

music festival

Sandwich

Sand shoe, Trainers

Englishman

an Englishman (?Saxon?)

a psalm

salmon

beach

Walk in an unhurried manner

salt

six

scabbard

burn; scauld; scorch

Scruffy, scavenger

dustman; road sweeper

Underpants

ladies? tartan plaid

scar

young gull with brown speckled feathers

estate ( of housing )

Housing Estate

Someone from the housing schemes

Person from housing estate (scheme) of an undesirable nature

bard, storyteller who toldsgeulachds and sgeulachd bheag

school

climb

Eat

a Scottish quick bread, usually cut into triangles, then cooked on a griddle or baked on a sheet. They also serve fried tattie scones, similar to Jewish latke, in a full Scottish breakfast

Police

Clue, ryhming slang (Scooby Doo)

Gay person

a cold, peeled hard-boiled egg, wrapped in a sausage mixture, coated with breadcrumbs, then deep-fried. Actually created in Fortnum & Mason, a London food shop in 1738. Common picnic fare

better described as splitting hairs, in the vernacular of Scotland, it?s saying, We?ll no? say you did it, but then we?ll no? affirm ye didna either. Another way to express the verdict is, awa? ye gae and dinna dae it again

an egg entr?e of buttered toast spread with anchovy paste, such as The Gentleman's Relish. Creamy, softly scrambled eggs (often with milk and butter added), and sometimes bacon, are layered on top

a more formal style of Scottish dancing than found at a Ceilidh. The participants are grouped into sets of 3, 4, or 5 couples who work together to dance a sequence of formations

thin covering of snow

room; scope; freedom

Food

letter

Police

write

frugal; undersized

gnarled, stunted (of a tree); scrubby

Cider / Naked

Porno magazine

hide; lurk; skulk; shelter; shield; protect

Police

cause/ get feeling of aversion; surfeit; aversion; loathing; nausea; nuisance

nuisance

An annoying person / To sicken

disappointed

Feel annoyed / Fed-up / a strong dislike

To Hit (someone)

work dirtily; dirty, slovenly work; dawdle; waste time

a basket used to carry fish home

a child?s call, thought to bring luck to it?s possessor, also any unusual headdress.

dismiss from job; sack

consider (e.g. ?see they computers?, prior to making some negative remark)

sweet

Used instead of saw

blessing; bliss; happiness

-self (e.g. ?hissel? = ?himself?)

vest

heather rope

modern meaning a subsidiary of a clan.

the color and pattern on a tartan.

strong wind, gale

scarf, a ladie?s tartan plaid.

short ceremonial dagger, worn with a kilt inserted in the top of the stocking

a knife often worn decoratively with Highland dress (Gaelic for ?black knife?)

wrist-bone

shoe