GUID……………
good
HAME……………
home
HANKED……………
hooked or caught, usually accidentally
HA’PENNY……………
half-penny
HEELSTERGOWDIE ……………
head over heels
HEID……………
head
HEUCH……………
here, as in ‘have this’
HINDEREND……………
finish
HIRPLED……………
limped
HOLLAND SHIRT……………
made from linen or cotton from Holland, noted for its quality
HOOSE……………
house
HOWF……………
pub
HOWK……………
dig
HOWTS……………
an exclamation like ‘jings’
HUNDER……………
hundred
JETHART……………
name for Jedburgh before being made a royal burgh
KEEK……………
glance
KEN……………
know
KENT……………
knew, known
KIRK……………
church
KIRN……………
harvest festival in lowland Scotland
KIRTLE……………
a long gown with a pleated skirt
KIST……………
a chest, often used for storing clothes or linen
LEAF-LANE……………
as in ‘alone’
LEATHERING……………
a thumping, often with a belt
LOWP……………
leap
LUG……………
ear
LUM……………
chimney
MAIR……………
more
MAIST……………
most
MASEL……………
myself
MANKY……………
stinking
MEX-TAE-MEY……………
an exclamation like ‘jings’
MUCKLE……………
big
OORSELS……………
ourselves
OOTLANDISH……………
outlandish
OWER……………
over
PECHIN……………
puffing, out of breath
PEELIE-WALLIE……………
pale complexion
PICKLE……………
a number of items
PLAID……………
length of tartan worn around the shoulders
REEKIE……………
smoky
REIVING……………
going over the border to raid and steal livestock
REIVER……………
one who reives over the opposing border
ROOND……………
round
ROOSED……………
roused, angry
SCLIM……………
climb
SCRIEVE……………
scrape
SCUDDED……………
slapped, move quickly
SCUNNER……………
disgust
SERK……………
shirt
SERRED……………
served
SILLER……………
silver, or money in general
SHAIR……………
sure
SHOOGLE……………
shake/shook
SKELP……………
smack
SLAIRGIT……………
covered in messy substance
SLAIVERS……………
slobber, saliva, dribble
SLEEKIT……………
devious
SMIDDY……………
blacksmith’s workshop
SNECK……………
lock or catch for door, window, chest etc.
SNELL……………
bitterly cold
SNOOTIE……………
snobbish
SNOOZLED……………
snoozed
SPAE-WIFE……………
woman with the gift of prophesy
SPRIGGOT……………
water tap
STANE……………
stone
STEEKED……………
shut as in door, gate or window
STOOR……………
dust
STOTTING……………
bouncing
STRAMASH……………
disturbance, argument, fight
SWITHER……………
state of indecision
TAPSALTEERIE……………
upside-down, topsy-turvy
TARADIDDLE……………
nonsense
THRAWN……………
stubborn
THREID……………
thread
THON……………
that, yon
TOON……………
town
TRAUCHLED……………
troubled
THRAPPLE……………
throat
TOORLED……………
delighted
TOOSLIE……………
windswept or untidy hair usually
TOTTIE……………
small
TWAE……………
two
UNKENT……………
unknown
WEEL……………
well
WHEECH……………
for something or someone to move at great speed, often through air
WHEESHT……………
quiet, as in ‘keep quiet’
WHIGMALEERIE……………
ornament, a nick-nack
WHIN……………
gorse bush
YERSEL……………
yourself
YIN……………
one
YINCE……………
once
YOWE……………
ewe, female sheep or you
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Brander, Michael, Tales of the Borders (Mainstream Publishing, 1991)
Finlay, Winifred, Tales from the Borders (Kaye & Ward, 1979)
Ker Wilson, Barbara, Fairy Tales from Scotland (Oxford, 1954)
MacLaren, Calum, Strange Tales of the Borders (Lang Syne Publishers Ltd, 1975)
Montgomerie, Normah and William, The Folk Tales of Scotland (Birlinn, 1975)
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Robertson, Stanley, Reek Roon a Campfire (Birlinn, 2009)
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ABOOT THE AUTHOR
JAMES P. SPENCE was brought up in Jethart, but now lives in the shadow o Arthurs Seat, where hae flies paper-airplanes with his son. Hae was inspired by the stories o his father, an has been telling stories on a professional basis since 2002, visiting care-homes, schools, an festivals. As weel as providing storytelling workshops hae has devised the Liars Tour o the Storytelling Centre, in Edinburgh, which hae still leads when requested. James has had three books o poems published an is working on a new yin. Hae provided the Scots translation for the graphic novel Unco Case o Dr Jekyll an Mr Hyde. James recently completed a Scots translation o his favourite novel Far From the Madding Crowd, entitled Ferr Frae the Dirlin Thrang, which hae hopes will find its way intae print in 2016.
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