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  1. Currently on BBC Sounds: Melvyn Bragg & guests – Rhiannon Purdie, Professor of English & Older Scots at the University of St Andrews; Steve Boardman, Professor of Medieval Scottish History at the University of Edinburgh; & Michael Brown, Professor of Scottish History at the University of St Andrews – discuss John Barbour’s epic poem THE BRUS. Written c.1375, it is the earliest surviving poem in Older Scots

    bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002dpm8

    #Scottish #literature #poetry #medieval #Scots #Scotslanguage

  2. See thon raws o flint arraheids
    in oor gret museums o antiquities
    awful grand in Embro –
    Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
    Weel then, Bewaur!
    The museums of Scotland are wrang…

    —Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
    from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2018)

    panmacmillan.com/authors/kathl

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  3. See thon raws o flint arraheids
    in oor gret museums o antiquities
    awful grand in Embro –
    Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
    Weel then, Bewaur!
    The museums of Scotland are wrang…

    —Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
    from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2018)

    panmacmillan.com/authors/kathl

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  4. See thon raws o flint arraheids
    in oor gret museums o antiquities
    awful grand in Embro –
    Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
    Weel then, Bewaur!
    The museums of Scotland are wrang…

    —Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
    from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2018)

    panmacmillan.com/authors/kathl

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  5. See thon raws o flint arraheids
    in oor gret museums o antiquities
    awful grand in Embro –
    Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
    Weel then, Bewaur!
    The museums of Scotland are wrang…

    —Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
    from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2018)

    panmacmillan.com/authors/kathl

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  6. See thon raws o flint arraheids
    in oor gret museums o antiquities
    awful grand in Embro –
    Dae’ye near’n daur wunner at wur histrie?
    Weel then, Bewaur!
    The museums of Scotland are wrang…

    —Kathleen Jamie, “Arraheids”
    from SELECTED POEMS (Picador 2018)

    panmacmillan.com/authors/kathl

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  7. This chaumert cairn kists bitties
    O oor bricht an battert past—
    A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
    Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
    Or went awa for guid…

    —Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
    originally published as a poster for The National Museum of Scotland

    Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

    icom.museum/en/international-m

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  8. This chaumert cairn kists bitties
    O oor bricht an battert past—
    A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
    Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
    Or went awa for guid…

    —Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
    originally published as a poster for The National Museum of Scotland

    Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

    icom.museum/en/international-m

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  9. This chaumert cairn kists bitties
    O oor bricht an battert past—
    A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
    Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
    Or went awa for guid…

    —Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
    originally published as a poster for The National Museum of Scotland

    Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

    icom.museum/en/international-m

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  10. This chaumert cairn kists bitties
    O oor bricht an battert past—
    A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
    Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
    Or went awa for guid…

    —Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
    originally published as a poster for The National Museum of Scotland

    Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

    icom.museum/en/international-m

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  11. This chaumert cairn kists bitties
    O oor bricht an battert past—
    A things that Scots hae keepit or drappit or lost
    Or couldna tak wi them when they deed
    Or went awa for guid…

    —Jim Alison, “Ingaunees”
    originally published as a poster for The National Museum of Scotland

    Today, 18 May, is International Museum Day

    icom.museum/en/international-m

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #museum #LewisChessmen #archaeology #InternationalMuseumDay

  12. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  13. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  14. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  15. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  16. Bide the storm ye canna hinder,
    Mindin’ through the strife,
    Hoo the luntin’ lowe o’ beauty
    Lichts the grey o’ life.

    —“Sea Buckthorn”, by Helen Burness Cruickshank (1886–1975), born #OTD, 15 May

    2/4

    scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p

    #Scottish #literature #20thcentury #womenwriters #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage

  17. Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
    Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
    The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
    The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…

    —Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
    from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch

  18. Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
    Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
    The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
    The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…

    —Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
    from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch

  19. Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
    Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
    The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
    The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…

    —Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
    from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch

  20. Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
    Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
    The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
    The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…

    —Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
    from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch

  21. Frae fields whare Spring her sweets has blawn
    Wi’ caller verdure our the lawn,
    The Gowdspink comes in new attire,
    The brawest ’mang the whistling choir…

    —Robert Fergusson (1750–1774), “Ode to the Gowdspink”
    from The Poetical Works of Robert Fergusson (Glasgow, 1800)

    #Scottish #literature #Scots #Scotslanguage #poem #poetry #18thcentury #RobertFergusson #Spring #birds #naturepoetry #goldfinch

  22. New Open-Access ebook

    Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
    published by the ‪Society of Antiquaries of Scotland‬

    Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts

    books.socantscot.org/digital-b

    #Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern

  23. New Open-Access ebook

    Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
    published by the ‪Society of Antiquaries of Scotland‬

    Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts

    books.socantscot.org/digital-b

    #Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern

  24. New Open-Access ebook

    Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
    published by the ‪Society of Antiquaries of Scotland‬

    Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts

    books.socantscot.org/digital-b

    #Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern

  25. New Open-Access ebook

    Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
    published by the ‪Society of Antiquaries of Scotland‬

    Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts

    books.socantscot.org/digital-b

    #Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern

  26. New Open-Access ebook

    Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
    published by the ‪Society of Antiquaries of Scotland‬

    Almost 15 years in the making, the atlas contains maps, diagrams, plans, charts and tables covering the history of Scotland from the earliest times up to 1707, along with explanatory texts

    books.socantscot.org/digital-b

    #Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern

  27. Scraping an encrustit stane
    wi some carved letters, lichent-owre,
    an archaeologist, ye glowre;
    sae lichtly, lichtly mak it plain…

    —Robert Garioch, “…That is Stade in Perplexite…”
    from A Kist o Skinklan Things (ASL 2016)

    4/4

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  28. Scraping an encrustit stane
    wi some carved letters, lichent-owre,
    an archaeologist, ye glowre;
    sae lichtly, lichtly mak it plain…

    —Robert Garioch, “…That is Stade in Perplexite…”
    from A Kist o Skinklan Things (ASL 2016)

    4/4

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  29. Scraping an encrustit stane
    wi some carved letters, lichent-owre,
    an archaeologist, ye glowre;
    sae lichtly, lichtly mak it plain…

    —Robert Garioch, “…That is Stade in Perplexite…”
    from A Kist o Skinklan Things (ASL 2016)

    4/4

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  30. Scraping an encrustit stane
    wi some carved letters, lichent-owre,
    an archaeologist, ye glowre;
    sae lichtly, lichtly mak it plain…

    —Robert Garioch, “…That is Stade in Perplexite…”
    from A Kist o Skinklan Things (ASL 2016)

    4/4

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  31. Scraping an encrustit stane
    wi some carved letters, lichent-owre,
    an archaeologist, ye glowre;
    sae lichtly, lichtly mak it plain…

    —Robert Garioch, “…That is Stade in Perplexite…”
    from A Kist o Skinklan Things (ASL 2016)

    4/4

    asls.org.uk/publications/books

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  32. Bumpity doun in the corrie gaed whuddran the pitiless whun stane.
    Sisyphus, pechan and sweitan, disjaskit, forfeuchan and broun’d-aff,
    sat on the heather a hanlawhile…

    —Robert Garioch, “Sisyphus”
    from The Collected Poems of Robert Garioch (Macdonald, 1977)

    2/4

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  33. Bumpity doun in the corrie gaed whuddran the pitiless whun stane.
    Sisyphus, pechan and sweitan, disjaskit, forfeuchan and broun’d-aff,
    sat on the heather a hanlawhile…

    —Robert Garioch, “Sisyphus”
    from The Collected Poems of Robert Garioch (Macdonald, 1977)

    2/4

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  34. Bumpity doun in the corrie gaed whuddran the pitiless whun stane.
    Sisyphus, pechan and sweitan, disjaskit, forfeuchan and broun’d-aff,
    sat on the heather a hanlawhile…

    —Robert Garioch, “Sisyphus”
    from The Collected Poems of Robert Garioch (Macdonald, 1977)

    2/4

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  35. Bumpity doun in the corrie gaed whuddran the pitiless whun stane.
    Sisyphus, pechan and sweitan, disjaskit, forfeuchan and broun’d-aff,
    sat on the heather a hanlawhile…

    —Robert Garioch, “Sisyphus”
    from The Collected Poems of Robert Garioch (Macdonald, 1977)

    2/4

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  36. Bumpity doun in the corrie gaed whuddran the pitiless whun stane.
    Sisyphus, pechan and sweitan, disjaskit, forfeuchan and broun’d-aff,
    sat on the heather a hanlawhile…

    —Robert Garioch, “Sisyphus”
    from The Collected Poems of Robert Garioch (Macdonald, 1977)

    2/4

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  37. They are lang deid, folk that I used to ken
    their firm set lips aa mowdert and agley,
    sherp-tempert een rusty amang the cley…

    —“Elegy” by Robert Garioch (1909–1981) – born #OTD, 9 May
    from The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongatebooks 2021

    1/4

    canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  38. They are lang deid, folk that I used to ken
    their firm set lips aa mowdert and agley,
    sherp-tempert een rusty amang the cley…

    —“Elegy” by Robert Garioch (1909–1981) – born #OTD, 9 May
    from The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongatebooks 2021

    1/4

    canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage

  39. They are lang deid, folk that I used to ken
    their firm set lips aa mowdert and agley,
    sherp-tempert een rusty amang the cley…

    —“Elegy” by Robert Garioch (1909–1981) – born #OTD, 9 May
    from The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongatebooks 2021

    1/4

    canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the

    #Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage