The Swick and the Dead
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MIA – missing in action
Na – no
Nae or no– not
NCLEX – the licensing examination for nurses
Nyaff – little nuisance (as in a person)
Penannular – having the shape or design of an incomplete circle
Pipes – bagpipes
PTSD – Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Q&A – question and answer
Reel – a fast dance tempo in Scottish Country Dancing, also the name of a figure in which the dancers move in and out of the line of dance.
Richt – right
Rink – Scottish word for “course,” used to describe the area where the game of curling is played
Slàinte– "good health"
Sporran – a traditional part of male Scottish Highland dress, a pouch that performs the same function as a pocket. The sporran is worn on a leather strap or chain, conventionally positioned in front of the groin of the wearer.
Strathspey – a slower, more stately dance tempo in Scottish Country Dancing, with the emphasis on grace, body position, and elegant footwork.
Tot – seventy-one milliliters (in the U.S., a “shot” of whisky is 30 milliliters)
TPN – Total Parenteral Nutrition
Triage – A method of classifying patients to determine priority
Verra – very
Wean – child (rhymes with “gain”) A combination of wee and ane.
Wee – small
Wee dram – an indeterminate quantity of alcohol
Wha – who
Worrit – worried
VIKING VENGEANCE
Ginny is forced to eat her words in her next adventure, Viking Vengeance: Loch Lonach Mysteries, Book Three.
The Up-Helly-Aa was not intended as a real Viking funeral. A least, there wasn’t supposed to be a body tucked inside the ship the Lonach Homesteaders built and burned each January. But the discovery of a charred corpse hidden in the wreckage sends Jim and Ginny racing cross country in a perilous attempt to obtain justice for one of their own, with the law and divine retribution in hot pursuit.
Visit www.lochlonach.com for more information about Ginny, Jim, Himself, and the Loch Lonach Mystery Series.
THE LOCH LONACH COLLECTION
BY MAGGIE FOSTER
The Loch Lonach Mysteries
The Arms of Death: Loch Lonach Mysteries, Book One
The Swick and the Dead: Loch Lonach Mysteries, Book Two
Viking Vengeance: Loch Lonach Mysteries, Book Three
Final Fling: Loch Lonach Mysteries, Book Four
Loch Lonach Short Stories
Dead Easy
Duncan Died Dunkin’
About the Author
MAGGIE FOSTER is a seventh-generation Texan of Scottish descent. Her ancestors were in Texas before it was a Republic. In addition to being steeped in Scottish traditions and culture, she has spent a lifetime in healthcare as a nurse, lawyer, and teacher. Her interests include history, genealogy, music, dancing, travel, dark chocolate, good whisky, and men in kilts.
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