GlossaryBein – mountain, hill
Burn – stream, often fast flowing down a hill
Caoineag - Scottish version of the banshee
Clach – stone
Clachan – a small settlement in the Highlands
Clach gorm – blue stone
Deisil – sunwise, right handed and lucky
Drizzle- fine persistent rain, common in Scotland
Drystane dyke – wall fashioned from stones without mortar. Making these walls is a rare skill and thousands of miles of them cross the hills and fields of Scotland.
Gaelic – the language of Highland Scotland. One of the most ancient languages of Europe, it was once spoken over much of the country but is now confined to the Outer Hebrides, although the present Scottish government are making efforts for its preservation.
Gabhar adhaire – snipe, literally air goat
Ghlo – mist
Gin ye daur – 'i
