I thought that all those things in the Scottish Wildlife Identification chart were Wee Beasties, not beasties. Beasties in my experience would be for what other less insouciant peoples call foxes, badgers, sheep, cattle, dogs, goats and so forth.
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Not sure how I score on the insouciant scale, but things the size of cattle are Beasts as far as I am concerned.
Some goats tooā¦ 
Carinthia. xx
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I have a feeling that cattle are quite specifically known as ābeastsā, as in āhe had a herd of fifty beastsā, when you donāt want to specify whether you mean dairy cows or cattle being reared for their meat.
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Fifty head of cattle? Just to confuse matters.
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Ulster Scots talks of beasties wee beasties a doag a cayt and bastes for market
Pigs are always pigs though young pigs not ready for slaughter are bonhams
Bullocks are bastes for market cows are the coos that need milked and cherished for dairy produce and supplying bullocks
Sheep are sheep or what we ate for years - hoggets that were slaughtered then butchered on the kitchen table then frozen
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Today, I have had buttered Noo potatoes wiv leeks & garlic salt.
Later, there will be boned chicken thighs poached in chicken stock.
I will make an gravy using said stock, & a little stuffing.
It smells deeply savoury & delicious so farā¦ 
Carinthia. xx
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One of them is dying horribly here today
I have applied fusibet to the bite so I am fine
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Prescription only though, Twellsy, so those ovvus without infected eczema /dermatitis could be abit stuck.
I try to avoid the Bitey Bastards around, & use Incognito when out & about.
Iām sure that I smell different with all this medication though.
Carinthia. xx
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Much cooking here this evening, before it gets āorribleā āOt again.
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It rained quite a lot last night, & has threatened to all day, but not managed it.
Very windy here though
Chicken, stuffing, leeks, potatoes & gravy all ready & in the 'fridge for the morrow.
Carinthia. xx
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Iād expected some midge assaults in Galloway, but I didnāt see one, never mind being bitten. As with you, Carinthia, Incognito is my defence.
The Embra crew were in fine fettle. I usually try to make a meal for lunch, but we had a load of tapas instead and it did the job. Poodle is booked in for her next holiday, towards the end of the month, and I have ordered GSās present in time for his 3rd birthday party before the Poodley visit. Dentist, tomorrow morning, for crown prep for a lower molar and breathe.
Soo xx
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Ooooh. An Downpour. Lovely sound.
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Morning wee birdie
Bacon buttie?
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I am having one of those for my lunch.
Carinthia. xx
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I had it on toasted Pitta, wivvan slice of Martyr in the āpocketā.
Carinthia. xx
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I have had soup for lunch, as Iāve endured a crown prep on a lower molar. 
For tonight, Iāll make deep-fried spicy king prawns with cauli/potato bhaji.
Soo xx
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In my experience a high-level landing usually means an unexpected plateau, cow, hedge, police car, etc.
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