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For six weeks in July and August BBC Radio Ulster will be broadcasting a series of dramatised readings in the Ulster Scots dialect which were first performed in the nineteenth century as humorous …
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A ministerial working group on Scots has been meeting since last November. Its convenor, Derrick McClure, reports on the progress it has made so far.
In February 2009, a one-day conference was held …
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During April 1893 the Glasgow Herald newspaper published an article on the history of the Scots language by George Ayre-Todd, called ‘Braid Scots’. It immediately caused something of a stir …
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On Tuesday 15 June Dr Dauvit Horsbroch of the SLC was invited to participate in a community education project in Dundee’s Hilltown. Jane Barrett, community education student, and currently on placement …
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The Dictionary of the Scots Language provides not so much a definition as a recipe. Steep the husks or seeds of oats, with fine bran meal, in water for about a week until the mixture turns sour. Strain …
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Many bird names in Scotland are shortened and given an 'ie' suffix. The folowing list are some of the examples given in the attached interview. Shortie - short-eared owlShelfie - chaffinchBlackie …
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Between 1802 and 1810 Robert Tannahill moved in several circles of actors, publishers and literary figures, in Paisley, Glasgow, and beyond. He was encouraged by some of friends to publish poems or to …
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Robert Tannahill the Weaver Poet was born on 3 June 1774 on Castle Street, Paisley, the son of James Tannahill and Janet Pollock. He died on 17 May 1810, drowned in a culverted part of the Candren …