Doos?

[Poppy Loft]

I had never heard of pigeons being called doos until I joined this site and have been wondering what the origin of it is?

[andy Burgess]

Scottish

[ovy1255]

I had never heard of pigeons being called doos until I joined this site and have been wondering what the origin of it is?

 

 

you are in for some interesting reading--some of the guys on here write as they speak and it takes a while to figure it out. ye ken

[Guest redrog]

I had never heard of pigeons being called doos until I joined this site and have been wondering what the origin of it is?

your not alone m8

[sapper756]

you are in for some interesting reading--some of the guys on here write as they speak and it takes a while to figure it out. ye ken

 

like this!

http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/156248_10152342010375597_1282250847_n.jpg

[billt]

you are in for some interesting reading--some of the guys on here write as they speak and it takes a while to figure it out. ye ken

 

Dead right there mate, that's got to be unusual, I can understand them talking funny but writing it down, Well

[Pigeon Thos]

I had never heard of pigeons being called doos until I joined this site and have been wondering what the origin of it is?

It's an old Scots word for dove sometimes dow. A doo's-cleckin is a family of two usually a boy and a girl. A doo-talit joint is a dovetail joint used in drawer making and of course a doocot is a dove cot.

 

A wee bit of Burns culture to finish off with.

 

Whitefoord Arms

 

An inn in Mauchline, whose proprietor was John Dove or Dow, nicknamed by his patrons 'Johnnie Doo'. It was situated on the Cowgate, which is now Castle Street, opposite the parish church. It was the meeting place of 'The Court of Equity', a secret bachelors' club which met: 'to search out, report, and discuss the merits and demerits of the many scandals that crop up from time to time in the village', and of which Burns was the 'Perpetual President'. See Court of Equity.

The old inn has been replaced by a later building bearing the legend:

 

"This is the house, though build anew

Where Burns cam' weary frae the pleugh

To hae a crack wi' Johnnie Doo

On nights at e'en

And whiles to taste the mountain dew

Wi' bonnie Jean."

[Dooheed 5]

you are in for some interesting reading--some of the guys on here write as they speak and it takes a while to figure it out. ye ken

On yonner hill er stood a dookit its nae er noo cos sum C--T tookit !!

[ALF]

On yonner hill er stood a dookit its nae er noo cos sum C--T tookit !!

:lol: :lol:

[MIK]

this oul lingo is easy to translate :devil:

 

on the hill yonder there stood a pigeon loft, its not there now cause some cuxt took it.

 

happy christmas all

 

Mick

[THE FIFER]

Ernie Els "doos"

 

[BLACK W F]

On yonner hill er stood a dookit its nae er noo cos sum C--T tookit !!

pmsl Chris

[ovy1255]

On yonner hill er stood a dookit its nae er noo cos sum C--T tookit !!

 

 

managed to deciper this but had to look twice.lol

[Dooheed 5]

pmsl Chris

Alan 20 year ago while i was backpackin round Australia,Malaysia and thailand most people when i first met them thought i was German !! it was even worse when i had few and some of the other stuff that was on offer over there :wacko: lol

[BLACK W F]

Alan 20 year ago while i was backpackin round Australia,Malaysia and thailand most people when i first met them thought i was German !! it was even worse when i had few and some of the other stuff that was on offer over there :wacko: lol

chris yer must have had a great time but they must have understood yer they got money oot of yer

[wee eck]

ye must have heard the joke----yer awfi pigeon-chested, thats whi i love ye like a doo :egyptian: