The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #59687   Message #3061396
Posted By: Jim McLean
26-Dec-10 - 05:42 AM
Thread Name: Are You Sleeping Maggie: Translation?
Subject: RE: Are You Sleeping Maggie: Translation?
I'm assuming that Guest Brian wrote the last posting with his tongue firmly stuck in his cheek. Firstly 'craigie' is in lower case and not a person's name. 'Warlock' has many meanings in the Doric including bewitched, magical, supernatural hence a fine description of a dark, wet miserable night among the rocky landscape. His 'plaidie' is a blanket/shawl worn around the body for warmth.
Guest Brian ....not a scholar, and not completely fluent in Scottish Gaelic ... what has Gaelic got to do with it?