Aye – yes

Burn – a stream

Breacan-an-fiele – a kilted plaid held by a belt

Caw canny – take it easy

Capercailie – a very large European grouse

Cateran – outlaws

Ceilidh – a celebration with song and dance

Linty – Linnet, a small finch

Skean dhu – a dagger or dirk

Syne – since

Slàinte mathas – good helath

Sept – branch of a clan

Skelp – smack

Sleekit – crafty, deceitful

Throng – bad-tempered

Uisge beatha – whisky, water of life