Bubbly-jock, or bublie-cock, is an old Scots word for a male Turkey. Treasure Island author and famous Scot, Robert Louis Stevenson, once wrote in a letter: “ At table I was exceedingly funny ...

The artist Jolomo, or John Lowry Morrison, explains how Scots words are often ideal to use when he is trying to explain the ideas behind his Expressive Art. Jolomo contrasts the soft words he uses ...

This is reflected in the word’s sparing use since then ... much-loved record of Scottish cuisine, The Scots Kitchen (1929). Described as an “Old-fashioned Sweetmeat”, she explains that ...