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hernesheir commented on the word gowk's-storm
See comments under gowk.
May 20, 2011
Gammerstang commented on the word gowk's-storm
(noun) - A storm consisting of several days of tempestuous weather, believed by the peasantry to take place periodically about the beginning of April, at the time that the gowk, or cuckoo, visits this country. Metaphorically used to denote an evil or obstruction which is only of short duration.
--John Jamieson's Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language, 1808
January 17, 2018