832 Articles matching phrase ‘whit’

Gie's back oor place names

The following article appeared in Lallans and is reproduced here with the kind permission of David Purves. There is no English version of this article. Seeminlie, at ae tyme the war a lassie in …
James Hogg poetry about love

James Hogg lived in the Borders, Dumfries and Edinburgh in the early 19th century. A contemporary of Burns and Scott, his work was somewhat overlooked at the time and is now being reassessed by academics …
No deid yit!
Burns Nicht an the Scots survey
School of Scottish Studies and Centre to co-operate on dialect archive

The School of Scottish Studies at Edinburgh University is home to a large archive of audio recordings, many in Scots. In the next few months selections from the archive will begin to appear on the Scots …
Question in Scots Makes Parliament History

History was made in the Scottish Parliament on Thursday 7 January when an SNP MSP became the first person to ask a parliamentary question and a follow-up question in Scots. Western Isles MSP Alasdair …
Burns at the National Library

With Burns Night approaching once more, have you ever wondered where you might see original manuscripts written by the bard himself? The National Library of Scotland now has a very good online resource …
Janet Paisley on Hugh MacDiarmid

Poet Janet Paisley follows in the footsteps of Hugh MacDiarmid in episode 5 of BBC Scotland's radio series In the Footsteps. Paisley tries to make sense of MacDiarmid's reputation. Who was the …
The Hamecomin

Norma-Ann Coleman has written a poem inspired by a painting - La Rue du Tramway by Paul Delvaux. Entitled The Hamecomin, it was written after viewing the painting at the Dean Gallery in Edinburgh. …
The Fairy Man

The nicht is mirkThe house is toomO, gowls the wundAtour ma room. The house is deidDaith’s sib tae sleepThe rain dings dounThe nicht is deep. ‘Come ben, ma dearWi the …

832 Articles matching phrase whit