834 Articles matching phrase ‘whit’

Mairs

The Greeks cryed this planet efter Ares thair god o weir. The Romans equate Ares wi thair ain god o weir Mrti an syne the lave o Europe took this name on. Mair nor ony ither planet in oor Sun Gird, Mairs …
The cheil in the Moon

Oor Yird didna aye hae a moon. But we maun be thankfae that it daes. Oor Moon keeps us richt an pits the haims on oor planet’s wabble sae that it daesna tilt ower faur, ower shairp like. This slaw …
Mercury

Mercury is cryed efter the Roman god Mercurius that haed tred an troke as his parteeclar haunling. But he wis equate wi the Greek god Hermes - the messenger o the ither gods – an sae a swith traiveller. …
Venus

Venus wis lang the planet o legend in Greek an Roman lare an until the 20t century we jaloused that the micht be life on thon warld. As the brichtest body in the heevens alang wi the Moon it is cryed …
Mary Mack

A video is currently available on Youtube which gives a wonderful rendition of the folk song Mary Mack performed by Scottish folk group The Byrnes before an audience at Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium. The …
Scots Syntax Atlas

On 17 December the new Scots Syntax Atlas was launched by a research team based largely in the universities of Edinburgh and Glasgow and headed by Professor Jennifer Smith. The word syntax – originally …
Languages motion lodged at Holyrood

Recently Angus MacDonald MSP (SNP) for Falkirk East lodged a motion at Holyrood regarding the United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages and called on the members of the parliament to recognise the rich …
Open University Scots course

The Open University in Scotland has recently launched its new online Scots language and culture course. Developed over the past few years in cooperation with a number of organisations and individuals, …
Scots Bairn’s Book o the Year!

Weel, we aw ken bi noo that the voters sometimes get it wrang But eneuch time has passed for me finally tae feel like this is wan result that isnae aboot tae get owerturned. WE WON! By ‘we’, …
Doric Board Grant

The new Doric Board, which aims to promote the culture, language and traditions of North East Scotland, has recently launched its Grants Scheme. The Board will make available grants of up to £1000 …

834 Articles matching phrase whit