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A ghaist is just one of the visitors that the superstitious expect to see at Halloween. W. Birnie in The Blame of Kirk-buriall tending to perswade Cemiteriall Civilitie (1606) warns there may be …
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Scots Tung, the campaigning Scots language body based in Musselburgh, have now produced the latest in a long line of yearly Christmas cards in the language. The latest design is A5 in size and folded …
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The Scottish National Dictionary defines breenge as “to rush forward recklessly or carelessly; to plunge; to make a violent effort”. This just shows how very difficult it is to define Scots …
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This is just one example of the many interesting names that Scots has for seabirds. Bird Watching (Jan 1992) tells us “The Puffin, called the ‘tammie norrie’ in Shetland, is renowned …
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Richard Heinsar, the Convener of Scots Tung, has been keeping us up to date with events in that society. He told us that Scots Tung has recently responded to an appeal for funds made by the Robert Burns …
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Mary Johnston is a writer and poet who lives in Midlothian. She grew up in the North East and moved south to begin a career in teaching. After she retired, with family grown and a desire to do something …
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Responding to figures released today by the National Records Office which show 1.7 million people speak Scots Michael Hance, Director of the Scots Language Centre, said, These …
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where id = 3942;
Responding to figures released today by the National Records Office which show 1.7 million people speak Scots Michael Hance, Director of the Scots Language Centre, said, These …
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where id = 3942;
Responding to figures released today by the National Records Office which show 1.7 million people speak Scots Michael Hance, Director of the Scots Language Centre, said, These …
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where id = 3942;
Responding to figures released today by the National Records Office which show 1.7 million people speak Scots Michael Hance, Director of the Scots Language Centre, said, These …