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This sparky strathspey or schottische tune has been popular throughout Scotland for over 200 years. Its Gaelic title, Brochan Lom, means thin porridge. It was played for the East Lothian country dance …
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This great Orkney ballad tells of a silkie, someone who is a seal when in the sea and a person when on the land. This seal man lives on small rocky island called a skerry - the one that is the farthest …
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Three short songs set in Edinburgh's Old Town, which runs down the sloping hill from the Castle to Holyrood Palace.The first song is sometimes located not in Edinburgh's Canongate, but in Newcastle's …
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The Scots Language Coordinator at Education Scotland and Education Specialist at Scots Language Centre have compiled the following list of suggestions for meaningful learning about Scotland during …
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It would be true to say that publishing in Scots has seen a significant increase over the last decade, and that is particularly true of stories for children. But now and again something comes along that …
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Fans of Julia Donaldson’s The Gruffalo will no doubt be pleased to learn that a new version of the story has been produced in another regional form of Scots. We’ve had Orkney and Shetland …
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Sam Speirs of Whitburn West Lothian has written and recorded many songs over the years, and in 2015 he released an album called Downdie. A Downdie is the name given to a person from Whitburn and in this …
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The 16 October 2016 marks the 242nd anniversary of the death of Robert Fergusson (1750-1774). Robert Burns (1759-1796) remarked of Robert Fergusson in 1787 that Fergusson was his “...elder …
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Itchy Coo has recently published another translation of a popular Roald Dahl work which will no doubt interest children, parents and schools. Hot on the success of Susan Rennie’s The Guid Freendly …
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Individuals, groups and communities across Scotland are being invited to take part in a unique event called Dare to Dream. The project – billed in English, Gaelic and Scots - which runs alongside …