BUBBLY-JOCK n turkey-cock
on 19th Dec 2011
Famously described by Hugh Macdiarmid as “hauf like a bird and hauf like a bogle”, bubbly-jocks have graced the Scottish dinner-table since the sixteenth century. In the Calendar of ...
SHOTTLE n a drawer, compartment within a drawer or chest
on 12th Dec 2011
If you don’t have a bolie or an aumry for storing your valuables, you might use a shottle. This started off as a case, container or chest small enough to be carried by a messenger and inte...
MOGGAN n stocking legs
on 05th Dec 2011
This is the time of year to get your moggans out. A moggan is defined as the leg of a stocking, especially a coarse woollen stocking, without a foot, worn as a gaiter. Alternatively, it is a pro...
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