What Does Skelpit Mean in Scottish?

A somewhat onomatopoeic word that once put the fear of God into misbehaving children across Scotland, a skelp means to beat or to slap.

What does Skelpit lug mean in Scottish?

I'll gie ye a skelpit lug! – I'll give you a slap on the ear. Whit's fur ye'll no go by ye! – What's meant to happen will happen.

What does AWFY BRAW mean?

(br·aww) Dialect, chiefly Scot -adj. 1. fine, pleasant, esp. weather (“It's a braw day the day” or “It's a braw, bricht, moonlicht nicht the nicht“).

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