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What does this mean?

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Kilmarnock Herald and Ayrshire Gazette
August 6, 1948


The following clip is from a section from the above newspaper.
It interests me because of the use of my family name and those following odd words.
Can anyone elaborate?

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I think the first phrase might be pòg mo thòin - sounds like poke Mahone which means “kiss my ar*e”, can’t find anything on the streach umvar. I have a friend who’s first language is Gaelic so I’ll ask him.

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I asked a pal, native Gaelic speaker, and lecturer in Gaelic education

Hum. It’s written really badly/incorrectly. The first bit is Pòg mo thòin - kiss my bum. I think the next bit is Scots and means stretch over! I could be wrong.
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And of course “pogue mahone”, the anglicisation of the first Gaelic phrase, was the original band name for The Pogues
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Thanks, Meg and Bruce.

Every days a school day :)
Might use this in a future quiz. :puter
Bruce wrote: Sun Aug 07, 2022 8:01 am And of course “pogue mahone”, the anglicisation of the first Gaelic phrase, was the original band name for The Pogues
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Just as an aside, McCALLUM'S PERFECTION was, I think, one of the whisky brands being carried by S.S. POLITICIAN.

And I don't know if there is any connection between the word "umvar" and the UAM VAR whisky brand.

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