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Just in time for Valentine's Day,
the Guardian in London has
reviewed and raved about
The Secret Language of Sleep.
And, for the rest of the week,
you can buy it for $5!

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A C T U A L   E N T R I E S   F R O M T H E   S C O T S   D I A L E C T D I C T I O N A R Y . BY JOHN McMURTRIE - - - - Arse-cockle: A hot pimple on any part of the body. Bawbee-jo: A lover hired to walk with a girl for a shilling or so. Clish-ma-clashin': Gossiping Daddy Cloots: The Devil Elf-girse: Grass given to cattle supposed to have been hurt by fairies. Fike-ma-facks: Nonsense Gardyloo: A warning cry about dirty water and household slop thrown from windows on to the streets. Hizzie-fallow: A man who does what is considered to be the work of a housewife. Idioticals: Things of no importance. Jank the labour: To waste time at work. Kacky: to void excrement. Merry-begotten: Illegitimate. Netty: A woman who traverses the country in search of wool. Oy: A grandchild. Poot-poot-poot: A call to young pigs at feeding time. Quinkins: The scum or refuse of any liquor. Rigwiddie-nag: A half-castrated horse. Snoofmadrune: A lazy, inactive person, given to janking the labour. Tinkle-sweetie: A bell formerly rung in Edinburgh at eight o'clock p.m., when shops were closed for the night. Upsitting: An entertainment given after the recovery of a woman from childbirth. Verter water: Water found in the hollows of tombstones and rocks, a charm for warts. Waesuck: Alas! Yamph: Hungry. Zeenty-teenty: A children's counting-out game.   MORE LISTS

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