Collogue:Maw

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Hi, coud a bodie that kens whit bird a Maw is please add the link tae the Inglis Wikipaedia? A dinnae ken whit a maw is an there isnae a picture sae A wis gonnae keek at the Inglis airticle but there isnae a link Scroggie 17:10, 29 Januar 2008 (UTC)[replie]

Ye'll micht like these:

http://www.scots-online.org/dictionary/search.asp

http://www.dsl.ac.uk/dsl/

An a Maw is a seagull.

The DSL sais:

A mew, seagull (Sc. 1808 Jam.; Sh. 1866 Edm. Gl.; Per., Fif., Lth. 1915‐26 Wilson; Ork. 1929 Marw.; Rxb. 1942 Zai), esp. the common gull, Larus canus. Gen.Sc.; also, less commonly, the black-headed gull, Larus ridibundus (Sc. 1885 C. Swainson Brit. Birds 209; Sh., Cai., Lth., Slk. 1962) and the herring gull, Larus argentatus (Cai. 1887 Harvie-Brown & Buckley Fauna Cai. 232, Cai. 1903 E.D.D.; Sh., Cai., Fif., Lth. 1962).

Bazza 09:38, 30 Januar 2008 (UTC)[replie]

There's a link from http://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scots_plaunts (List of Scottish plants) to this article :)