Scotland and the Scots

[Donnart]

Stuck on one clue in this quiz all answers relate to Scotland.
What is a pluchie?

Thanks for any help.

[mazie]

Hi Donnart. This is the nearest I can find

dim. pleuchie A ploughman, a rusic yokel.

[nungate]

hae ye ony letters Donnart?

[mazie]

This is a good website for future reference

http://www.scots-online.org/

[Donnart]

No letters at all but will put in ploughman and then I can move on to the next quiz. Many thanks.

[Flyhalf]

Could be a local variation of ploukie, a pimple or spot.

[MarkRae]

I've never seen it spelled like that, but a plooky is a spotty-faced person: http://dictionary.rev...ish-definition/plooky

[HowardKennitby]

Mazie is correct

[MarkRae]

http://www.pleuchieshowff.co.uk/

[Donnart]

Thanks to all, I am always amazed that you can find far more information on the websites than I can.

[quinie]

Hi,MarkRae, must visit the Pleuchie's Howff the next time I'm in Dumfries!! Just logged on. It is a ploughman but usually he's called a" plooman" or should I say they used to be called that.

[MarkRae]

I must admit I've never come across 'pleuchie', not that that means anything. I'll be in Dumfries at the beginning of August, so I'll check it out.

[bert_h]

More usually PLOOKIE: an infected pimple. Possibly, in some localities, a derogatory term for a person who is a nuisance.

[MarkRae]

We've already established that 'pleuchie' and 'plook' are different words, bert...

[Baldric]

A spotty-faced ploughman?

[Nibble]

A spotty-faced yokel ploughman anyone?

[Baldric]

I've just realised it should be 'Ploughperson'