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By: Chief

Chief — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:06:27 +0000

I reckon it comes from leather it on. As in getting a good leathering which means your dad taking his belt off and giving you a good beating for something bad. Or a teacher pre 1960s. But no, I’m way wrong. So…

From the dictionary of the Scottish Language
http://www.dsl.ac.uk/

*Bnff. 1866 Gregor D. Bnff. 99:
He took the horse our far up the lair, an’ laggert thim.
4. tr. To besmear, bespatter, esp. with mud or wet clay (Sc. 1725 Ramsay Poems (S.T.S.) I. 256; Uls. 1953 Traynor; Ork., Cai., Ags., Slg. Fif., 1960); fig. to spread thickly, of butter, etc. (Fif.17 1950, laiger; Ork. 1960). Cf. Slaiger.
*Mry. 1790 Aberdeen Mag. 31:
The sheep tak’ to scoug, wi’ a weet lagart fleece.
*Lnk. 1844 J. Lemon Lays 49:
An’ there we laiggart a’ our cheeks Wi’ the bonnie purpie dye.
*Fif. 1864 W. D. Latto T. Bodkin xxviii.:
The croon o’ my hat, which was completely laggered wi’ glaur.

Nice to know it’s still in use.

By: bob

bob — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:25:00 +0000

A word I and all of my friends and acquaintances have used all our lives (I’m retired now) is ‘lager’. That is only a guestimate of the spelling. It means to spread or apply something liberally.
‘Do you want marmalade on your toast, hen?’
‘Aye, lager it on.’
I have so far failed to find this word in any dictionary. Can anyone help?

By: Myriam Macintyre

Myriam Macintyre — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 23:09:49 +0000

Friends and family ( by marriage) use Scots words and I sometimes… well, OK always wonder what they’re on aboot ( I’m French, by the way)… and tonight I came across the word bampot!!! What a laugh I had to discover the story & illustration on your site!! I even understood before reading the translation, made myself proud. Great!

By: Hugh Goldie

Hugh Goldie — Thu, 19 May 2011 22:39:16 +0000

LOVE your pages!

Mind’s me a’ me da and me aunties — cum frae Glesga an’ soonded lac it ’til th’ day they deed.

Da told me that “Robert the Bruce, kilt a moose a’ top o’ the hen hoose.”
(Might be a good subject for one of your great drawings.)

Sorry, the web page is about 20 years old — will fix it up some day, I hope.

–Shug

By: Margaret Mitchell

Margaret Mitchell — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 23:58:50 +0000

cannot illustrate but the house must be a right blo..dy mess and in need of organisation – athing sorted put in it’s place.

By: Nathan Ritchie

Nathan Ritchie — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 15:44:57 +0000

Here’s on for you. Aclient recently described his, somewhat in need of sorting out, house as “..a richt boorach!” Any illustration to elaborate this one would be braw ken!

By: tims

tims — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 16:33:57 +0000

what is tims in scottish language