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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 …
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And whiles, hunkert on the strand, we catched eels, cauld fingers ploitert in broon gritty sludge or they heaved up a hefty dreepin lump that dreebilt throu spaces till nocht wis left save a puckle buitlaces …
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The Scots language has been known by several alternative names during its history. The variety of names reflects both changing fashions, and local dialect loyalties. For the unwary, such a variety of …
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In 2007 Liz Niven worked on an Arts Across the Curriculum project with pupils at Langholm Academy. The aim was to compile text based on the language of Langholm. Using the poetry of Langholm's …
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Bookstart is UK wide literacy development charity with an identifiable Scottish presence. They have produced a songsheet/mat of nursery rhymes for babies, including nursery rhymes in English, Scots (Ally …
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The 'Burns An' A' That' festival, billed as a showcase for the best of talent in Scotland, will conatin many events, but most, strangely, have little to do with either Robert Burns or the Scots language. …