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Why do Scottish tenement flats have storm doors when they are not external doors open to a storm?!
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.This is an interesting one, and I think your response to sft42 is close to the definitive answer. Another possibility is that on a braw day it was (and still is, in many areas) customary to leave the front door open to denote you neednae chap too herd 'cause we're in and oota bed, plus ye're awfy welcome - however, jist in case ye're the thievin sort the inner door is locked, ye ken (but the ooter door is still presentin the intended impression).