But and ben

A but and ben (Scots for "out and in") is a two-roomed cottage.^[1] The outer room, used as an antechamber or kitchen, is the "but", while the inner room, used as a bedroom, is the "ben".^[2]

See also

• Blackhouse
• Bothy
• The Broons

References

• C. Michael Hogan, Knossos fieldnotes, Modern Antiquarian (2007)
• Ernest Ingersoll (1906) The Wit of the Wild, Published by Dodd, Mead and company, 294 pages

Line notes

1. ^ Robinson, Mairi (1985). The Concise Scots Dictionary. Aberdeen: Aberdeen University Press. p. 75. ISBN 0-08-028492-2.
2. ^ Jamieson, John (1808). An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: Illustrating the Words in Their Different Significations, by Examples from Ancient and Modern Writers; Shewing Their Affinity to Those of Other Languages, and Especially the Northern; Explaining Many Terms, Which, Though Now Obsolete in England. Creech, Constable, and Blackwood. p. 46.