The Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) are filled with historical insights, including the story of this nickname “given to ...

He summoned the supreme council of mice to hatch a plan. They would strap a bell to the cat’s neck. By the jingles, every mouse would be alerted to the cat’s presence and escape early.

Once upon a time there was a colony of mice that was being terrorized by a stealthy cat. The cat was sneaking up on individual mice and capturing them before ...