(Clouds, sun, moon and other heavenly sights)
The Northern Lights of Old Aberdeen
Mean home sweet home to me.
The skies above Scotland are always changing. We have words to describe clouds from the finest wisp to the louring storm cloud. The appearance of the sun or the moon is a helpful guide as to whether a raincoat is a good idea and with our frequent showers, we are not short of rainbows.
CLOUDS
- Banff bailies
- Bore hole
- Blue-bore
- Cat’s hair
- Cloud, clud, clood
- Coldingham packmen
- Drumlie
- Goats hair
- Hen scarts
- Horse-guts
- Mirlie
- Mirlie-backs
- Pouthered lawyers
- Purse mou
- Roarie bummler
- Salmon, saumon
- Scullgab
- Staff
- Thirl
- Wadder-head
- Wadder-mouth
SUN
- Blink
- Ferrick, fairock
- Gaw, watergaw, weather gaw, weather gall
- Gleemoch
- Gloamin
- Simmer-blink
- Simmer-cloks
- Simmer-cowt
- Simmer-dancing
- Simmer-dim
- Simmer-flaws
- Watergaw
- Wadder-biter
- Weather-gleam, wedder-glim, -glaim, -gloom
MOON
OTHER HEAVENLY SIGHTS