#Scotstober2026
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
#Scotstober2026
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@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 7:24 AM
#Scotstober2026
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
Tak yer haun aff me
Or ah'll mollicate yer heid
Tak a tellin maun
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
#Scotstober2026
A #wheen o' wee rogues
Fair mak a bellum an' din
Wi' mootie mooths
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
A #wheen o' wee rogues
Fair mak a bellum an' din
Wi' mootie mooths
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
October 2, 2026 at 2:14 PM
#Scotstober2026
A #wheen o' wee rogues
Fair mak a bellum an' din
Wi' mootie mooths
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
A #wheen o' wee rogues
Fair mak a bellum an' din
Wi' mootie mooths
#haiku
#ScotsHaiku
#poem
#poetry
Today’s word in
#Scotstober2026
#wheen
#Haiku
A wheen o epples
Pared, biled an gied awa
An still wiv hunners
Plenty apples
Peeled, boiled, given away
And still we’ve got hundreds
#Scotstober2026
#wheen
#Haiku
A wheen o epples
Pared, biled an gied awa
An still wiv hunners
Plenty apples
Peeled, boiled, given away
And still we’ve got hundreds
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 2, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Today’s word in
#Scotstober2026
#wheen
#Haiku
A wheen o epples
Pared, biled an gied awa
An still wiv hunners
Plenty apples
Peeled, boiled, given away
And still we’ve got hundreds
#Scotstober2026
#wheen
#Haiku
A wheen o epples
Pared, biled an gied awa
An still wiv hunners
Plenty apples
Peeled, boiled, given away
And still we’ve got hundreds
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 6:55 AM
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Richt, there's twa #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wird leets. Guid! A'm gonnae try an antedate as mony as A can.
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
October 1, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Richt, there's twa #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wird leets. Guid! A'm gonnae try an antedate as mony as A can.
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
First yins - MOLLICATE (1985) an BAFFIES (1975; baffied 'slippered' is earlier - 1956)
Got MOLLICATE back tae 1983 an BAFFIES back tae 1936
So, today’s #Scotstober2026 word is #Mollicate (batter in English). Here’s my #Haiku
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
#Scotstober2026
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
Missing
@drmdempster.bsky.social
Each day in October has a Scots word for you to make a poem, a story, a picture, a joke, anything!
On Halloween we use 1 of the Scots words for turnip/swede (the traditional item to make a spooky lantern with).
Use the hashtag & please share!
October 1, 2026 at 7:05 AM
So, today’s #Scotstober2026 word is #Mollicate (batter in English). Here’s my #Haiku
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
“Ah’ll mollicate ye!”
Sez ih loon fa’s affa foo.
But he’s foo, so ca
“I’ll batter you!”
Says the boy who’s very drunk
But he’s drunk, so can’t.
The day's #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wirds are BAHOOCHIE (1985) an WHEEN (1757)
Got BEHOOCHIE (a spelling no in SND) back tae 1979 an BAHOOKIE (1989) back to 1974.
Havnae tried tae antedate WHEEN but SND lists COOLING WHEEN (1838), which A didnae ken: "In Scotland, where broth is an almost >>>
Got BEHOOCHIE (a spelling no in SND) back tae 1979 an BAHOOKIE (1989) back to 1974.
Havnae tried tae antedate WHEEN but SND lists COOLING WHEEN (1838), which A didnae ken: "In Scotland, where broth is an almost >>>
October 2, 2026 at 8:42 PM
The day's #Scotstober / #Scotstober2026 wirds are BAHOOCHIE (1985) an WHEEN (1757)
Got BEHOOCHIE (a spelling no in SND) back tae 1979 an BAHOOKIE (1989) back to 1974.
Havnae tried tae antedate WHEEN but SND lists COOLING WHEEN (1838), which A didnae ken: "In Scotland, where broth is an almost >>>
Got BEHOOCHIE (a spelling no in SND) back tae 1979 an BAHOOKIE (1989) back to 1974.
Havnae tried tae antedate WHEEN but SND lists COOLING WHEEN (1838), which A didnae ken: "In Scotland, where broth is an almost >>>