“I’ve put plenty of blankets in the cupboards for you to coorie down in the evenings.” ScottishCoorieThe Lighthouse WitchesBlankets Author:C J Cooke
“Some of the younger population had inherited crofts that they didn’t want to live in, so they’d started renting them out. The older population objected strongly both to the younger islanders moving away (‘all of them want to live in Edinburgh or London,’ she told us with a sneer) and, as a result, drawing ‘outsiders’ to the island to rent out the crofts.” ScotlandScottishThe Lighthouse WitchesCrofting Author:C J Cooke
“I’ll take care of them. I do a bit of pest control, on the side.’ ‘Didn’t you say you do plastering on the side?’ He cocked an eyebrow. ‘There’s a lot of “on the side” when you live on an island.” WorkingScottishThe Lighthouse WitchesIsland LifePest ControlPlastering Author:C J Cooke
“Why don’t you like him?’ He screwed up his face. ‘It’s nothing personal. He’s just a bit of a bawbag.” InsultScottishThe Lighthouse WitchesBawbag Author:C J Cooke