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The Bonnie Lass o Fyvie
A favourite from the North East, this is another of those love songs with a tragic ending. Performed by the Joe Gordon Folk Four, this video is from the old BBC TV programme, The White Heather Club. more
North East
The Doric of North-East Scotland is one of the liveliest and most distinctive of of all the many dialects of the mother tongue. From the Don to the Deveron, the old people and many young ones too still speak it every day, and the "Doric Nichts" in pubs, an annual "DoricFestival" of music and lite... more
The North East Dialect
Neil talks about his school days
Reproduced with the kind permission of Luath Press
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Luath Scots Language Learner
Helen waukens quicker
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Sheena Blackhall
Sheena Blackhall reads from Minnie, her novella about north east farm life between the wars.
Reproduced with the kind permission of the Scots Language Centre
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Robbie Sheppards Podcast
Listen to well known north east broadcaster and journalist, Robbie Sheppard, whose podcast is published every week on www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk.
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Songs from the North East
Chokit on a tattie - children from Strichen in Buchan enjoying themselves singing a playground rhyme
From Scottish Tradition Series Vol 22 - Chokit On A Tattie (Children's Songs & Rhymes)
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More songs from the North East
The lang snout piece - this farm girl would like a child but can't find a man.
Reproduced with the kind permission of the School of Scottish Studies
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Links for North East
The Buchan Heritage Society
The Society was founded in March 1984 by our Founder President Mr James M Duncan, in order to keep alive in a fast changing world all the old and true traditions of Buchan in Music, Song, Verse, Drama and Olde Tyme Dance.
http://www.buchanheritagesocie
The Dor... more
News from the North East
Hotel lands uplifting Doric voice
An Aberdeen hotel has secured a local Doric accent for its lift - to make guests feel more welcome.
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As I came ower the Muir o` Ord
From the Bothy Ballards published by Greentrax Recordings
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Ruth from Portessie
Ruth is from Portessie, near Buckie on the north east coast. She was a fish gutter in her teens, traveling all over the UK during the herring boom for work. She has a wealth of stories to tell from this time, but in this extract she is talking about getting married during the war and the difficul... more
Scottish Parliament motion on north east Scots from Maureen Watt MSP
Scots Pairlament motion on nor-east Scots fae Maureen Watt MSP
The follaein Motion wis pitten afore the Scots pairlament, written in baith Scots an English, bi Maureen Watt MSP an wis reportit tae hiv gotten a fairly guid an braid meisure o uphaud frae fellae MSPs in the Scots pairlament. Here ye... more
New North East audio archive
A great new audio archive, compiled by The Formartine Oral History Project, is to be launched at a meeting in Fyvie castle, Aberdeenshire, on Saturday 19 April 2008. The audio archive comprises almost a hundred CDs of locals remembering, and speaking about, their lives in Formartine. In a few cas... more
Entries invited for Doric Competition
Entries are now invited as part of the Doric Festival writing competition. Competitors must either write a poem, short story or one-act play to be submitted by the deadline of 19 September 2008. Entries should contain a title page, the category entered, name of the entrant, and home address and t... more
About Aberdeen
A website dedicated to Aberdeen has included a small but useful introduction to North East Scots – known as ‘e Doric to its speakers – and also to the first ‘Doric’ film to be made as well. In 2008 Mark Stirton released his film ‘One Day Removals’ about two useless removal men and m... more
Scots wedding for Colin and Fiona
Scots language activist, Colin Wilson, married Fiona Henderson at a civil wedding on Saturday held entirely in the North East dialect of Scots.
To read more about the ceremony and to see a photo of the happy couple visit the Press and Journal web site at
http://www.pressandjournal.co. more
Joyce Falconer is Centre's Scots voice
In the next few weeks visitors to the Scots Language Centre will be able to listen to, as well as read, the Scots words which are described in the Scots Word of the Week feature on the Centre's home page.
People imagining they recognise the voice won't all be wrong as it belongs to Joyce Falc... more
First Doric feature film on youtube
Mark Stirton, the Aberdeen based producer of "One Day Removals", the first full length feature film in Doric, the North east dialect of Scots, has posted a trailer for the film on youtube.
The film and the trailer contain some strong language. more
Nicht o Tradeetional Sangs
The Aiberdeen & Regional Oral History Associe is tae haud a tradeetional concert pairty on the nicht o Seturday 26 Aprile at the village haw, Logie Coldstone, by Tarland in Deeside, stertin aff at 7.30pm. On the nicht the’ll be tradeetional sangs in Scots, alang wi tradeetional jigs, an a comic... more
Storytelling Warkshop
Weel-kent poyet an screivar Sheena Blackhall is tae haud a storytelling warkshop for fowk in North East Scots, hostit bi the Grampian Associe o Storytellers. Sheena will mak uiss o sangs, poyems an stories for tae reenge the hail o the spoken an wrutten word o the North East. Sheena wad like fowk... more
Scots, Language of Kings
Dr Caroline Macafee will be giein a paper cryed ‘Scots, Language of Kings’ as ane o the public lectures at the Elphinstone Institute, the Versity o Aiberdeen. Mair parteeclars can be fund in the e-diary near the time. more
Banffshire Field Club
The Banffshire Field Club will be host tae J Derrick McClure on Seturday 8 December at the Community Centre, Banff Road, Keith, stertin at 2.15pm. Mr McClure will be speakin aboot the follaein subject: ‘Scotland in Europe, Europe in Scotland – The Tradition o Poetic Translation.’ Amang ithe... more
Doric Cabaret Evening
As pairt o the city o Aiberdeen’s St Andra’s Weekend, the Associe o Grampian Storytellers is haein a Doric Cabaret Eening on Seturday 1 December at Union Terrace Gairdens, Aiberdeen, fae 7.30pm til 10.15pm. The nicht sterts oot wi a walcome tae the guests an pipers o the Buchan Pipe Baund. Th... more
Launch of Doric Book
Aberdeen City Council's 'Reading Bus' will be launching a new book of poems in North East Scots - the Doric - at a day event at Fyvie Castle. The book, entitled 'Fit Like, Yer Majesty?' contains 47 winning poems selected from 200 entries and is aimed at 8-14 year olds. For more information please... more
