The Seventh Tapestry Quotes

“Lang may yer lum reek,” said Neil. Sandra laughed. “What’s a ‘lum’? And does ‘reek’ mean what I think?” “Probably. You know, a bad smell, but in this case, reek means smoke, and a lum is a chimney. ’Tis a Scottish saying that roughly translates to: ‘Long may your chimney smoke.’ And that means I wish you well in your new home.”
― Beth Camp, The Seventh Tapestry: An Art Crime Mystery