What will the Scottish currency be called?
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
We used to get work in the Glasgow area, and out of town estates. It's not a great place to be working as an insurance fraud PI. The Scott's can sniff out the English, usually the only guy in the street wi out a can of Tennants super T or white lightning in ya hand. !!
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Re: What will the Scottish currency be called?
The "och aye"
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It'll be the Salmond and it'll be his picture on the bank notes and stamps too. He'll probably also be president for life.
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It'll be a merk, like the old days.
http://www.thereformation.info/old_scottish_money.htm
Scottish sterling
1 penny or doyt 1/12th d
2 pennies 1 bodle 1/6thd
2 bodles 1 plack or groat 1/3rd d
3 placks 1 bawbee * 1/2 d
12 pennies 1 shilling 1 d
20 shillings 1 pound 20 d
13 shillings and 4 pennies 1 merk or mark 13 d
18 merks or marks, or 12 pounds Scots £1 st.
* the bawbee was originally a copper coin worth 1/2 pence; in Mary QoS time it was three pence Scots money, and later raised to six pennies.
http://www.thereformation.info/old_scottish_money.htm
Scottish sterling
1 penny or doyt 1/12th d
2 pennies 1 bodle 1/6thd
2 bodles 1 plack or groat 1/3rd d
3 placks 1 bawbee * 1/2 d
12 pennies 1 shilling 1 d
20 shillings 1 pound 20 d
13 shillings and 4 pennies 1 merk or mark 13 d
18 merks or marks, or 12 pounds Scots £1 st.
* the bawbee was originally a copper coin worth 1/2 pence; in Mary QoS time it was three pence Scots money, and later raised to six pennies.
Ah now I understand that Scottish kids nursery rhyme with "wee bawbee" in it, learn something new every day..
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http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
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There's a song called 'crookit bawbee' too, lol.
http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
http://www.darachweb.net/SongLyrics/CrookitBawbee.html
and a poem: http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org...y-first-bawbee
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