NOTIONS, NOTES, AND ODDS AND ENDS 171 



and dark/ ' drumly/ ' inky ' (often due to 

 sky reflections, at least in part), ' turbid ' 

 (much sediment moving). 



Peat, porter, reddish brown, amber (dark 

 or light), ' clearing/ ' golden/ 



Clear, crystal. 



' Fatal fur ' (due to wind and sky colours 

 combined). 



Leaden (due to reflections). 



Polished lead, dark steel, polished steel 

 (the latter usually in bright sky with hard 

 clouds and cold air). 



' Coppery glare ' (with lurid sky). 



Green (reflections from trees or foliage or 

 grass banks, usually an evening effect, but 

 also at times during the day). 



'Sullen/ 'sulky/ 'metallic/ 'bad hat/ 

 ' rough tongue/ ' furred ' (by the wind). 



Weather 



' Cold/ ' Cauld, cauld, cauld upon the lea ; 

 jist aboot as cauld as it can be ' ; ' some saft- 

 like/ ' gey lowse-like ' (i.e. loose-like, referring 

 to rain expected) ; ' awfu' wather/ ' fair 

 rideeklous' (as the meenister said, when 

 praying for better weather, and it came on to 



