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Well known broadcaster and writer Billy Kay, who has long been a champion of the Scots language, is to host a programme about Burns which will be broadcast in the Scots language on BBC Radio Scotland. …
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The Scots in common with other European nations have long celebrated rites at the end and beginning of a new year, whether in pagan or Christian times. Indeed, the early Christians often grafted new names …
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The Scots in common with other European nations have long celebrated rites at the end and beginning of a new year, whether in pagan or Christian times. Indeed, the early Christians often grafted …
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Saint Andrew was the younger brother of Saint Peter, both fishermen from Galilee in the Holy Land, and followers of Jesus. The orginal form of his name – Andreas – is Greek, but we do …
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Search online for the Twa Corbies and you’ll see how much of an impact this Scots ballad has had on the worlds of poetry and traditional music. Here is a Norwegian version of the song by Norwegian …
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Q-Celtic Irish Gaelic (Gaeilge) The earliest texts in Old Irish consist either of glosses of Latin, short texts and some verses dated during the 7th and 8th centuries AD, of which the …
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Northumbrian English. This is as its name suggests, is a variant of English spoken in the north of England, but it evolved long before such a thing as Standard English emerged. Indeed, …
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Scotland’s most popular poem – a tale of what can happen when you spend too much time in the pub. This modern version of the poem is acted by a group of drama students from Glasgow. The poem …
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“Dookin for aipples” is one of the most popular Hallowe’en traditions in Scotland. In this film from 1961 youngsters in Edinburgh show how it's done.http://ssa.nls.uk/Dookin …
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“Eh, siccan bonnie floueries!” Who visited the old woman on the night before she died and what do her last words mean. Gavin Sprott conjures up a strange, unsettling world in the farmlands …