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The land doesn't hold its shape that way. Two breaths, then: in through the nose, a second short sip stacked on top, out long and ragged. Three times.
That second sip is the part that actually reaches the nerve.

Cùm do chasan air an talamh — keep your feet on the ground.

What am I still asking permission to call mine? Ask me...
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon → https://thistleandmoss.com/subscribe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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The land doesn't hold its shape that way. Two breaths, then: in through the nose, a second short sip stacked on top, out long and ragged. Three times.
That second sip is the part that actually reaches the nerve.

Cùm do chasan air an talamh — keep your feet on the ground.

What am I still asking permission to call mine? Ask me...
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon → https://thistleandmoss.com/subscribe?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS
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Your body has been braced since somebody said the small mean word at a fairground. Bracing isn't weakness — it's a nervous system doing the job it evolved for. The trouble is nobody ever tells the body when the thing is over, so it holds that shape into September, into a jaw that clicks and a shoulder that will not come down.
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon
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Your body has been braced since somebody said the small mean word at a fairground. Bracing isn't weakness — it's a nervous system doing the job it evolved for. The trouble is nobody ever tells the body when the thing is over, so it holds that shape into September, into a jaw that clicks and a shoulder that will not come down.
#Phenology #Nature #Autumn #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine #Alba #Druid #Folklore #Herbalism #Mindfulness #GardensOfMastodon
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An Lanntair: Join children’s author Louisa MacDougall to celebrate her new book The Ugly Puffling and other stories. There will be story time, crafts and wildlife-themed games for primary-aged children. Pop in at any time between 12.30 and 2.30pm
The post https://lanntair.com/events/event/the-ugly-puffling-and-other-stories-book-launch/ appeared first on https://lanntair.com.

Source: https://lanntair.com/events/event/the-ugly-puffling-and-other-stories-book-launch/

#Gaelic #Gàidhlig

nuair a tha mi fhìn nam sheasamh
aig ceann Loch an Dala
’s mi a’ coimhead thar cuain geur
a’ deàrrsadh ’s a’ deàlradh
fo ghrian na sìorraidheachd
chan fhaic mi sgath dhen ghlasadh cheilteach…

—Iain S. Mac a’ Phearsain, “ceann Loch an Dala”
published in Friends & Kangaroos: New Writing Scotland 17

#Scottish #literature #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #poem #poetry #Islay

Call for Applications: Crossing Tongues Poetry Residency

Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature invites a Scottish poet writing in English, Scots &/or Scottish Gaelic to undertake a 7-day residency in Nigeria, alongside the Hausa International Book & Arts Festival, December 2026

Applications open until 30 September

https://cityofliterature.com/opportunities/call-for-applications-crossing-tongues-poetry-residency/

#Scottish #literature #poetry #Nigeria #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #residency

Расследования ФБК Алексея Навального
документы, оффлайн
#Расследования #ФБК #Алексей Навальный #Навальный
#документы, #оффлайн
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/898

English Books Graded Readers Collection
Английский язык, книги на английском языке 🇮🇴
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/897

Португальский язык, Portuguese
Português, Португальська мова 🇵🇹
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/896

Голландский язык, Nederlandse taal en letterkunde in het Nederlands,
Dutch language and literature in Dutch, нидерландский, Голландська мова 🇳🇱
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/895

Old English, Древнеанглийский язык, Ænglisc, Anglisc, Englisc
#Old English, #Древнеанглийский язык, #Ænglisc, #Anglisc, #Englisc
Давньоанглійська мова, англосаксонский, Anglo-Saxon ⚔
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/894

Латышский язык, latviešu valoda
Latvian language, Латвійська мова, Латвийский язык 🇱🇻
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/893

Эстонский язык, литература на эстонском
#Eesti keel, eestikeelne kirjandus, eesti raamatud, eesti kirjandus, eesti õpikud, Eesti, Естонська мова, література естонською, Естонські книги, естонська література, підручники естонської, #Естонія Estonian language, literature in #Estonian, Estonian books, Estonian literature, Estonian textbooks, #Estonia Эстонские книги, эстонская литература, учебники эстонского, Эстония 🇪🇪
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/892

Норвежский язык, литература на норвежском языке
Norsk språk, litteratur på norsk, norske bøker, norsk litteratur, norske lærebøker, Norge, Norwegian language, literature in Norwegian, Norwegian books, Norwegian literature, Norwegian textbooks, Norway, Норвезька мова, література норвезькою мовою, норвезькі книги, норвезька література, норвезька підручники, Норвегія, норвежские книги, норвежская литература, учебники норвежского, Норвегия 🇳🇴
#Норвежский язык,
#Norsk språk, #litteratur på norsk, #norske bøker, #norsk litteratur, #norske lærebøker, #Norge, #Norwegian language, #literature in Norwegian, #Norwegian books, #Norwegian literature, #Norwegian textbooks, #Norway
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/891

Вьетнамский язык, Tiếng Việt, sách bằng tiếng Việt.
книги на вьетнамском языке. Vietnamese language, books in Vietnamese. В'єтнамська мова, книги в'єтнамською мовою. 🇻🇳
#Вьетнамский язык, #Tiếng Việt, #sách bằng tiếng Việt.
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/890

Непальский язык, नेपाली भाषा, नेपाली भाषामा पुस्तकहरू।
книги на непальском языке. Непальська мова, книги непальською мовою. Nepali Language books in Nepali language. 🇳🇵
#Непальскийязык, #नेपालीभाषा, #नेपाली #भाषामा #पुस्तकहरू।
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/889

Icelandic Language
Исландский язык Íslensk tunga Ісландська мова Исландия 🇮🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/888

Celtic languages (Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Welsh, Breton)
#Celtic languages (#Irish, #Scottish #Gaelic, #Welsh, #Breton)
Кельтські мови (ірландська, шотландська гельська, валлійська, бретонська). Кельтские языки (ирландский, шотландский гэльский, валлийский, бретонский), книги на кельтских языках, Шотландия Ирландия. Keltnesk tungumál (írska, skosk gelíska, velska, bretónska), bækur á keltneskum tungumálum. Cànanan Ceilteach (Gaeilge, Gàidhlig na h-Alba, Cuimris, Breatannais), leabhraichean ann an cànanan Ceilteach. 🇮🇪
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/887

Датский язык, датская литература
книги на датском языке. Danish language, Danish literature, books in Danish. Deense taal, Deense literatuur, boeken in het Deens. Датська мова, датська література книги датською мовою. 🇩🇰
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/886

Люксембургский язык
Luxembourgish Language, Люксембурзька мова Lëtzebuergesch 🇱🇺
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/885

Литва. Литовский язык, литовская литература, книги на литовском языке. Учебники, история, философия, литература, архитектура.
Lietuva. Lietuvių kalba, lietuvių literatūra, knygos lietuvių kalba. Vadovėliai, istorija, filosofija, literatūra, architektūra, dvarai. Li

Шэнизм
Кита‌йская наро‌дная рели‌гия (кит. трад. 中國民間信仰, упр. 中国民间信仰, пиньинь Zhōngguó mínjiān xìnyăng, палл. Чжунго миньцзянь синьян) или шэни‌зм (от кит. 神, пиньинь shén, палл. шэнь «божество, дух») — комплекс религиозных представлений, сложившихся в ходе исторического развития китайской цивилизации. Является эклектическим сочетанием религиозных верований и практик, основанных, прежде всего, на почитании предков и сил природы, добрых и злых духов, а также Неба; примерно к XI веку сложился синкретизм, основанный на буддийских представлениях о карме и перерождении, а также даосском учении об иерархии богов.
религии, верования, учения, religions, beliefs, teachings, Китай, China, релігії, вірування, вчення
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/873

Эсперанто, Esperanto, Есперанто
foreign languages, fiction, world foreign language foreign literature, иностранные языки, художественная литература, мировая иноязычная зарубежная литература, іноземні мови, художня література, світова іншомовна зарубіжна література, fremdaj lingvoj, fikcio, monda fremdlingva fremda literaturo.
#Эсперанто, #Esperanto, #Есперанто
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/872

Книги на испанском языке Libros en español
зарубежная литература, художественная литература, испанская литература, испаноязычная литература, испанский язык, Испания, латинская америка, мировая литература, испанский, literatura extranjera, ficción, literatura española, literatura en lengua española, lengua española, españa, américa latina, literatura mundial, español, Books in Spanish, foreign literature, fiction, Spanish literature, Spanish-language literature, Spanish language, Spain, Latin America, world literature, Spanish, Книги іспанською мовою, зарубіжна література, художня література, іспанська література, іспаномовна література, іспанська мова, Іспанія, латинська америка, світова література, іспанська 🇪🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/871

Книги на испанском языке Libros en español архивы архіви archives archivo
зарубежная литература, художественная литература, испанская литература, испаноязычная литература, испанский язык, #Испания, #латинскаяамерика, #мироваялитература, #испанский, #literatura extranjera, #ficción, #literatura española, literatura en lengua española, #lengua española, #españa, #américa latina, #literatura mundial, #español, Books in Spanish, #foreign literature, fiction, #Spanish literature, Spanish-language literature, Spanish language, #Spain, Latin America, world literature, Spanish, Книги іспанською мовою, #зарубіжналітература, #художнялітература, #іспанськалітература, іспаномовна література, #іспанськамова, #Іспанія, #латинськаамерика, #світовалітература, #іспанська 🇪🇸
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/870

Биоакустика и биомагнетизм, Bioacoustics and biomagnetism, Біоакустика
биологическая акустика біологічна акустика biological acoustics, наука, физика, биология, коммуникация животных, звук, science, physics, biology, animal communication, sound,
#Bioacoustics and #biomagnetism, #Біоакустика
#биологическаяакустика #біологічнаакустика #biological acoustics, #наука, #физика, #биология, #коммуникация животных, #звук, #science, #physics, #biology, #animal communication, #sound
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/869

Акустика Acoustics Acustica
физика звук, аудио фізика, аудіо Acoustics physics sound, audio Fizyka akustyczna dźwięk 🔉
#Акустика #Acoustics #Acustica
#физика #звук, #аудио #фізика, #аудіо #Acoustics #physics #sound, #audio #Fizyka #akustyczna #dźwięk
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/868

Психолингвистика, Psycholinguistics, Психолінгвістика
психология, лингвистика, психологія, лінгвістика, psychology, linguistics
#Психолингвистика, #Psycholinguistics, #Психолінгвістика
#психология, #лингвистика, #психологія, #лінгвістика, #psychology, #linguistics
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/867

Книги на каталонском языке
4250 llibres ebooks epubs en catala
Llibres en català Books in Catalan Catalonia, Каталанский язык, каталонский язык валенсийский язык, valencià Libros en catalán Книги каталонською мовою мировая литература, зарубежная литература, художественная литература, каталонская литература, зарубіжна література, художня література, каталонська література, foreign literature, fiction, Catalan literature, literatura estrange

Старославянский язык
Old Slavonic language
языки, лингвистика, филология славянский
#языки, #лингвистика, #филология #славянский
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/858

Архитектура Architecture
журналы, периодика Architecture magazines, periodicals 🏠
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/857

IRC bookz archives архивы

Художественная литература на английском языке
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/856

IRC bookz Художественная литература на английском языке
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
#IRC bookz #IRC
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/855

Художественная литература на английском языке
Fiction in English
англоязычная художественная литература, Художня література англійською мовою, Fiction in English (это ужасно), Ficsean sa Bheurla, Ficsean i mbéarla
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/854

Книги
книжное дело, библиофилия, книгопечатанье, книги про книги, книги о книгах библиотековедение + архивы, архивное дело библиография библиотечное дело библиотеки 📚
#Книги
#книжное дело, #библиофилия, #книгопечатанье,
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/853

CA, cellular automata, клеточные автоматы
математика, моделирование самоорганизации, дискретные модели
#CA, #cellular automata, #клеточныеавтоматы
#математика, #моделирование #самоорганизации, #дискретныемодели
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/852

Радио электроника радиотехника Radio electronics
журнал журналы периодика magazine periodicals Радиолюбитель, Радио всем, Радиофронт HackSpace Practical Wireless Elektronika dla Wszystkich 📻
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/851

Радио электроника радиотехника Radio electronics
журнал журналы периодика magazine periodicals Радиолюбитель, Радио всем, Радиофронт HackSpace Practical Wireless Elektronika dla Wszystkich 📻
t.me/scilib_yura15cbx/849

The blackberries darken on the cane without asking. The bog fills without applause. Somewhere a queer legislator is saying the hard thing into a microphone, and somewhere a stranger is kneeling in a marsh that isn't theirs to save and saving it anyway.

Beannachd leat gu ruige an ath-mhadainn — blessing on you until the next morning.

#Gaelic #ScotsGaelic #Druid #QueerSpirituality #Blessing #EarthBased #trans #queer #transwriter #queerauthor #Community #Pride

Dèan deiseil a dhaoine!
Ciamar a thèid le Hearts an-aghaidh Celtic agus an SFA?

Get ready. How will Hearts fare against Celtic and the SFA?

#football #Scotland #SPFL #HMFC #HeartsFC #Gàidhlig #Gaelic #MastoDaoine

Abair oidhche aig Tynecastle. Hearts air iomall eachdraidh.

A memorable night at Tynecastle. Hearts close to making history.

#Football #Scotland #HeartsFC #Hmfc #Edinburgh #Gàidhlig #Gaelic

@thomas_michl

I liked this episode a lot, I thought it captured the multi-factored deterioration of the language playing out over a couple of hundred years.

While #AnGortaMór / #IrishFamine is one of the pivotal events behind the collapse of the language, it is far from the only factor

#Gaeilge #IrishLanguage #MastoDaoine #Irish #Gaelic

Uamh an Uisge, Eilean Mhuile.

Larach poite-duibhe ann an uamh mara.

The 'whisky cave' on the coastline in Mull.

#Whisky #WhiskyWednesday #UisgeBeatha #Gaelic #Gàidhlig #Scotland #Scotch #archaeology #MastoDaoine #IsleOfMull #Argyll #photography

@photography

Ár gCluiche Féin: “A brand new Irish language short film which centres on two Gaelic football players grappling with their secret gay romance is set to make its festival debut in Brighton this February.” #Gaeilge #Irish #Gaelic #GaelicFootball #GAA #Gaylgeoirí #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA

Secret gay romance between Gae...

#BostonWeekend 17x Sun CELTIC Scottish Country Dance with Canadian flair in #SomervilleMA 29$, cheaper for students, free for years 5 and under. https://artsatthearmory.org/events/rscds-boston-presents-celebrating-our-celtic-connections/ #BostonDancing #BostonKids #Celtic #Pipes #ceilidh #Gaelic #Boston

Banshees

A banshee (Bean si in Modern Irish & ben side, in Old Irish, meaning “woman of the fairy mound,” or “fairy woman”) is a female spirit in Irish folklore who heralds the death of a family member. She usually does this by screaming, wailing, shrieking, or keening. Keening is a traditional form of vocal lament for the dead in the Gaelic Celtic tradition. This is known to have taken place in Ireland & Scotland.

Banshees are strongly associated with specific Irish families. The belief is that the banshee is a family spirit attached to a particular lineage. Her mournful wail/cry is heard only by family members as a warning of an imminent death.

Another of the banshee characteristics is their unwavering attachment to certain Gaelic families such as the O’Neills, O’Brians, O’Connors, O’Grady, & Kavanaghs, among others. Some traditions hold that the banshee is the ghost. This is perhaps a mother of a famous poet/singer from the family who died tragically. In this sense, she’s an ancestral spirit tied to the bloodline & the land.

She appears or is heard only to mourn & warn the family of an impending death. Often before anyone has received news of it. This direct, specific role makes her an inherently familiar guardian or omen for that clan/family.

They aren’t family pets, the banshees presence is a known, if terrifying, part of the family’s history & destiny, linking her fate to theirs across generations.

A banshee is an autonomous entity, a powerful fairy-woman (bean sidhe) or ghost, isn’t under the control of any living person.

Sometimes she has long streaming hair, which she may be seen combing, with some legends specifying she can only be keen while combing her hair. She wears a gray cloak over a green dress. Her eyes are red from continual weeping. She’s sometimes dressed in white with red hair & a ghastly complexion.

In Ireland & parts of Scotland, a traditional part of mourning is the keening woman (bean chaointe), who wails a lament. This keening woman may be a professional, in some cases. The best Keeners would be in high demand.

Irish legends talks about a lament being sung by a fairy woman, or banshee. She would sing it when a family member died or was about to die. Even if the person had died far away & news of their death hasn’t come yet. In those cases, her wailing would be the 1st warning the household had of the death.

The banshee is also a predictor of death. If someone is about to enter a situation where it’s unlikely they’ll come out alive, she’ll warn people by screaming/wailing. This gives rise to the banshee also being known as a wailing woman. The banshee was also linked with the death coach. The banshee is said to either summon the death coach with her keening or travel in tandem with it.

When several banshees show up at 1 time, it usually indicates the death of someone holy or great. The story sometimes tells that the woman (though called a fairy) was a ghost. She’s often a specific murdered woman, or a man who passed away in childbirth.

In some parts of Leinster, she’s referred to as the bean chaointe or ban nigheachain (“little washerwoman”) or nigheag na h-ath (“little washer at the ford”). She’s seen washing bloodstained clothes or armor of those who are about to die.

In Welsh folklore, there’s also a similar being known as the cyhyraeth. The cyhyraeth gives a disembodied moaning voice before the person’s passing.

Some sources suggest that the banshees Laments only the descendants of pure Milesian stock of Ireland. The Milesians were the final race to settle in Ireland. The original belief appears to be associated with a number of ancient Irish families. According to tradition, a banshee wouldn’t lament or visit someone of Saxon or Norman descent or those who came to Ireland later.

Most, not all, of the last names associated with banshees have the “O” or “Mc/Mac” prefix. That means people with the last names of Goidelic origin. This means a family native to the Insular Celtic lands. Rather than those of the Norse, Anglo-Saxon, or Norman.

There are some exceptions to the banshee lore. A banshee may lament a person who’s been gifted with music & song.

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#AngloSaxon #BanNigheachain #Banshees #BeanChaointe #BeanNighe #BeanSi #beanSidhe #BenSide #Celtic #Cyhyraeth #DeathCoach #Gaelic #Goidelic #InsularCeltic #Ireland #IrishFolklore #Kavanaghs #keening #KeeningWoman #Milesian #ModernIrish #Norman #Norse #OBrians #OConnors #OGrady #ONeills #OldIrish #Poet #Saxon #Scotland #ScottishFolklore #Singer #WelshFolklore

The Poetry of Sorley MacLean

Dr Emma Dymock discusses the poetry of Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean at our 2014 Schools Conference

7/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsfKFpb-_-E&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WaFHzJScr-mtd9vEO8ilBHz

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

The Poetry of Sorley MacLean

Dr Emma Dymock discusses the poetry of Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean at our 2014 Schools Conference

7/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsfKFpb-_-E&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WaFHzJScr-mtd9vEO8ilBHz

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

The Poetry of Sorley MacLean

Dr Emma Dymock discusses the poetry of Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean at our 2014 Schools Conference

7/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsfKFpb-_-E&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WaFHzJScr-mtd9vEO8ilBHz

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

The Poetry of Sorley MacLean

Dr Emma Dymock discusses the poetry of Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean at our 2014 Schools Conference

7/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsfKFpb-_-E&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WaFHzJScr-mtd9vEO8ilBHz

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

The Poetry of Sorley MacLean

Dr Emma Dymock discusses the poetry of Somhairle MacGill-Eain / Sorley MacLean at our 2014 Schools Conference

7/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsfKFpb-_-E&list=PLEP9HxY4X7WaFHzJScr-mtd9vEO8ilBHz

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“A poem which – in a single Neruda-esque sweep – takes in the beauties of the country & the sufferings of its poor & then sets both against a vastly wider historic background … A triumph.”
—The Scotsman

AN CUILITHIONN 1939
Ed. Christopher Whyte

6/8

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/cuillin/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“A poem which – in a single Neruda-esque sweep – takes in the beauties of the country & the sufferings of its poor & then sets both against a vastly wider historic background … A triumph.”
—The Scotsman

AN CUILITHIONN 1939
Ed. Christopher Whyte

6/8

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/cuillin/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“A poem which – in a single Neruda-esque sweep – takes in the beauties of the country & the sufferings of its poor & then sets both against a vastly wider historic background … A triumph.”
—The Scotsman

AN CUILITHIONN 1939
Ed. Christopher Whyte

6/8

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/cuillin/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“A poem which – in a single Neruda-esque sweep – takes in the beauties of the country & the sufferings of its poor & then sets both against a vastly wider historic background … A triumph.”
—The Scotsman

AN CUILITHIONN 1939
Ed. Christopher Whyte

6/8

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/cuillin/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“A poem which – in a single Neruda-esque sweep – takes in the beauties of the country & the sufferings of its poor & then sets both against a vastly wider historic background … A triumph.”
—The Scotsman

AN CUILITHIONN 1939
Ed. Christopher Whyte

6/8

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/cuillin/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Thar na sìorraidheachd, thar a sneachda,
chì mi mo dhàin neo-dheachdte,
chì mi lorgan an spòg a’ breacadh
gile shuaimhneach an t-sneachda:
calg air bhoile, teanga fala,
gadhair chaola ’s madaidhean-allaidh…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh” (“Dogs & Wolves”)

5/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Thar na sìorraidheachd, thar a sneachda,
chì mi mo dhàin neo-dheachdte,
chì mi lorgan an spòg a’ breacadh
gile shuaimhneach an t-sneachda:
calg air bhoile, teanga fala,
gadhair chaola ’s madaidhean-allaidh…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh” (“Dogs & Wolves”)

5/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Thar na sìorraidheachd, thar a sneachda,
chì mi mo dhàin neo-dheachdte,
chì mi lorgan an spòg a’ breacadh
gile shuaimhneach an t-sneachda:
calg air bhoile, teanga fala,
gadhair chaola ’s madaidhean-allaidh…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh” (“Dogs & Wolves”)

5/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Thar na sìorraidheachd, thar a sneachda,
chì mi mo dhàin neo-dheachdte,
chì mi lorgan an spòg a’ breacadh
gile shuaimhneach an t-sneachda:
calg air bhoile, teanga fala,
gadhair chaola ’s madaidhean-allaidh…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh” (“Dogs & Wolves”)

5/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Thar na sìorraidheachd, thar a sneachda,
chì mi mo dhàin neo-dheachdte,
chì mi lorgan an spòg a’ breacadh
gile shuaimhneach an t-sneachda:
calg air bhoile, teanga fala,
gadhair chaola ’s madaidhean-allaidh…

—Somhairle MacGill-Eain, “Coin is Madaidhean-allaidh” (“Dogs & Wolves”)

5/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

A poetry reading by Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic & English, given at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies in 1986 & recorded by Alexander Hutchison

4/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mi9wDZq-wk

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

A poetry reading by Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic & English, given at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies in 1986 & recorded by Alexander Hutchison

4/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mi9wDZq-wk

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

A poetry reading by Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic & English, given at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies in 1986 & recorded by Alexander Hutchison

4/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mi9wDZq-wk

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

A poetry reading by Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic & English, given at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies in 1986 & recorded by Alexander Hutchison

4/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mi9wDZq-wk

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

A poetry reading by Somhairle MacGill-Eain in Gaelic & English, given at Edinburgh University’s School of Scottish Studies in 1986 & recorded by Alexander Hutchison

4/8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Mi9wDZq-wk

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig…
( Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig…)

“In ‘Hallaig’, in this poem, MacLean, as a Gael, stands firmly at the centre of his world, and, consciously, close to the end of his world. As a poet, he shows us that the particular horizon and times that happen to encircle him, encircle us all.”
‍—Seamus Heaney

3/8

Poem texts via link:

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hallaig/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig…
( Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig…)

“In ‘Hallaig’, in this poem, MacLean, as a Gael, stands firmly at the centre of his world, and, consciously, close to the end of his world. As a poet, he shows us that the particular horizon and times that happen to encircle him, encircle us all.”
‍—Seamus Heaney

3/8

Poem texts via link:

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hallaig/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig…
( Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig…)

“In ‘Hallaig’, in this poem, MacLean, as a Gael, stands firmly at the centre of his world, and, consciously, close to the end of his world. As a poet, he shows us that the particular horizon and times that happen to encircle him, encircle us all.”
‍—Seamus Heaney

3/8

Poem texts via link:

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hallaig/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig…
( Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig…)

“In ‘Hallaig’, in this poem, MacLean, as a Gael, stands firmly at the centre of his world, and, consciously, close to the end of his world. As a poet, he shows us that the particular horizon and times that happen to encircle him, encircle us all.”
‍—Seamus Heaney

3/8

Poem texts via link:

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hallaig/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Tha tìm, am fiadh, an coille Hallaig…
( Time, the deer, is in the wood of Hallaig…)

“In ‘Hallaig’, in this poem, MacLean, as a Gael, stands firmly at the centre of his world, and, consciously, close to the end of his world. As a poet, he shows us that the particular horizon and times that happen to encircle him, encircle us all.”
‍—Seamus Heaney

3/8

Poem texts via link:

https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/hallaig/

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…”

—Sorley MacLean, from the film “Sorley MacLean’s Island”

2/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism #history

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…”

—Sorley MacLean, from the film “Sorley MacLean’s Island”

2/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism #history

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…”

—Sorley MacLean, from the film “Sorley MacLean’s Island”

2/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism #history

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…”

—Sorley MacLean, from the film “Sorley MacLean’s Island”

2/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism #history

“Ever since I was a boy in Raasay, and became aware of the difference between the history I read in books and the oral accounts I heard around me, I have been very sceptical of what might be called received history…”

—Sorley MacLean, from the film “Sorley MacLean’s Island”

2/8

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism #history

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean, 1911–1996), one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century, was born #OTD, 26 Oct. A 🎂 🧵

Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via the National Library of Scotland – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith

1/8

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean, 1911–1996), one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century, was born #OTD, 26 Oct. A 🎂 🧵

Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via the National Library of Scotland – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith

1/8

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean, 1911–1996), one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century, was born #OTD, 26 Oct. A 🎂 🧵

Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via the National Library of Scotland – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith

1/8

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism

Somhairle MacGill-Eain (Sorley MacLean, 1911–1996), one of the greatest European poets of the 20th century, was born #OTD, 26 Oct. A 🎂 🧵

Watch “Sorley MacLean’s Island” via the National Library of Scotland – Sorley MacLean in conversation with fellow writer Iain Crichton Smith

1/8

https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/3141

#Scottish #literature #Hebrides #Skye #Raasay #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #poetry #20thcentury #modernism