#scots — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #scots, aggregated by home.social.
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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
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 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
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 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
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 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
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 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
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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New Open-Access ebook
Atlas of Scottish History to 1707
published by the Society of Antiquaries of ScotlandAlmost 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
https://books.socantscot.org/digital-books/catalog/book/25
#Scottish #history #IronAge #Roman #Picts #Scots #DálRiata #Vikings #Norse #AngloSaxon #earlymedieval #medieval #latemedieval #renaissance #earlymodern
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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
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Watch an animation of “Sisyphus” online, read by Garioch – via the National Library of Scotland
3/4
https://movingimage.nls.uk/film/2912
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #animation
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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
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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 20211/4
https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Cantie in seaside simmer on the dunes,
I fling awa my dowp of cigarette
whaur bairns hae biggit castles out of sand
and watch the reik rise frae the parapet…—Robert Garioch Sutherland (1909–1987), “During a Music Festival”
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/from_the_line/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #warpoetry #WW2 #VEDay #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Dinna be glaikit, dinna be ower smert,
dinna craw croose, dinna be unco blate,
dinna breenge in, dinna be ayewis late,
dinna steek yer lugs, dinna steek yer hert…—James Robertson, “A Manifesto for MSPs”
published in Voyage of Intent (Scottish Book Trust/Luath Press, 2005)https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/manifesto-msps/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #ScottishElections #politics #ScottishPolitics #ScottishParliament #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Dinna be glaikit, dinna be ower smert,
dinna craw croose, dinna be unco blate,
dinna breenge in, dinna be ayewis late,
dinna steek yer lugs, dinna steek yer hert…—James Robertson, “A Manifesto for MSPs”
published in Voyage of Intent (Scottish Book Trust/Luath Press, 2005)https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/manifesto-msps/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #ScottishElections #politics #ScottishPolitics #ScottishParliament #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Dinna be glaikit, dinna be ower smert,
dinna craw croose, dinna be unco blate,
dinna breenge in, dinna be ayewis late,
dinna steek yer lugs, dinna steek yer hert…—James Robertson, “A Manifesto for MSPs”
published in Voyage of Intent (Scottish Book Trust/Luath Press, 2005)https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/manifesto-msps/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #ScottishElections #politics #ScottishPolitics #ScottishParliament #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Dinna be glaikit, dinna be ower smert,
dinna craw croose, dinna be unco blate,
dinna breenge in, dinna be ayewis late,
dinna steek yer lugs, dinna steek yer hert…—James Robertson, “A Manifesto for MSPs”
published in Voyage of Intent (Scottish Book Trust/Luath Press, 2005)https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/manifesto-msps/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #ScottishElections #politics #ScottishPolitics #ScottishParliament #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Dinna be glaikit, dinna be ower smert,
dinna craw croose, dinna be unco blate,
dinna breenge in, dinna be ayewis late,
dinna steek yer lugs, dinna steek yer hert…—James Robertson, “A Manifesto for MSPs”
published in Voyage of Intent (Scottish Book Trust/Luath Press, 2005)https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/manifesto-msps/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #ScottishElections #politics #ScottishPolitics #ScottishParliament #Scots #Scotslanguage
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@bodhipaksa @illandancient People shouldn't be reading the #transphobic JK Rowling's work in ANY #language! As for #Scots - what sense does it make for people to buy a #book knowing it to be written in Scots, & then complain about the fact that it's written in Scots?
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@bodhipaksa @illandancient People shouldn't be reading the #transphobic JK Rowling's work in ANY #language! As for #Scots - what sense does it make for people to buy a #book knowing it to be written in Scots, & then complain about the fact that it's written in Scots?
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@bodhipaksa @illandancient People shouldn't be reading the #transphobic JK Rowling's work in ANY #language! As for #Scots - what sense does it make for people to buy a #book knowing it to be written in Scots, & then complain about the fact that it's written in Scots?
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@bodhipaksa @illandancient People shouldn't be reading the #transphobic JK Rowling's work in ANY #language! As for #Scots - what sense does it make for people to buy a #book knowing it to be written in Scots, & then complain about the fact that it's written in Scots?
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@bodhipaksa @illandancient People shouldn't be reading the #transphobic JK Rowling's work in ANY #language! As for #Scots - what sense does it make for people to buy a #book knowing it to be written in Scots, & then complain about the fact that it's written in Scots?
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Moonrise, an maudlin in the mirk,
we coorie in, hoose selt, hame hawked,
oor labour thirled tae yesterday,
the morra pawned fur brick-a-brack…—Janet Paisley, “Aw Jock Tamson’s”
published in THE GOLDEN TREASURY OF SCOTTISH VERSE, @canongatebooks 2021https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #InternationalWorkersDay #MayDay #Scots #Scotslanguage
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The Garden Beyond
A dramatised portrayal of the life of William Soutar that explores his poetry & the political & poetical arguments of his age. Written & produced by Douglas Eadie for BBC Omnibus, first broadcast in 1977 – via the Scottish Poetry Library
7/7https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3f4L7Ip6u2k
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“these books demand new critical attention and a reappraisal of this poet’s achievement”
—Prof Alan Riach, on the new Collected Works of William Soutar, published in March 2025 by Tippermuir Books
5/7
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Whaur yon broken brig hings owre;
Whaur yon water maks nae soun’;
Babylon blaws by in stour:
Gang doun wi’ a sang, gang doun…—William Soutar, “Song”
4/7
https://allpoetry.com/poem/12085915-Song-by-William-Soutar
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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…Man sall tak wings;
And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
To bigg his nest in the braid breast
O’ Cassiopeia
Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
Lippen on nae sin…—William Soutar, “Apotheosis” – a Scots-language science-fiction extravaganza
3/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage #scifi #sciencefiction #scifipoetry
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“…some of his poems conjure a tranced, hyperaware state at once microscopic and cosmic. He could do lyrical, musical, poignant, folksy, humorous…”
—Ajay Close on how William Soutar was written out of literary history
2/7
#Scottish #literature #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Nae man wha loves the lawland tongue
But warsles wi’ the thocht—
There are mair sangs that bide unsung
Nor a’ that hae been wrocht…—“The Makar”, by William Soutar (1898–1943) – born #OTD, 28 April
A 🎂 🧵
1/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #WilliamSoutar #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Call for participants
Survey on minoritised languages in ScotlandIf you speak Scottish Gaelic, Scots, and/or Shaetlan, you are invited to share your experiences, knowledge, and perspectives. This research will contribute to reversing language decline and strengthening linguistic diversity across Europe
#Scotland #Scottish #language #minoritylanguages #Gaidhlig #Gaelic #Scots #Scotslanguage #Shaetlan #Shetland
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I’m happy to announce that for the first time since the original Kickstarter campaign...
Burds, Baists and Bugs: Wildlife Poems in Scots is now available to residents in USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand via my reopened Etsy shop!
https://emseeitch.etsy.com/listing/4489575108
Apologies for the postage costs! I’ve really tried to keep it affordable as I possibly can.
#Scots #ScotsLanguage #BurdsBaistsandBugs #WildlifeIllustration #ScotsPoetry #Scotland #Wildlife #Illustration #PictureBooks #Kidlit #Poetry
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Oh to be at Crowdieknowe
When the last trumpet blaws,
An’ see the deid come loupin’ owre
The auld grey wa’s…—Hugh MacDiarmid, “Crowdieknowe”
from Hugh MacDiarmid: Selected Poetry (Carcanet, 2004)🎨 : “Crowdieknowe”, by Catriona Campbell (b. 1940). Oil on canvas.
https://www.carcanet.co.uk/9781857547566/selected-poetry/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #painting #art #visualart
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…Man sall tak wings;
And, as a bird, flee owre the wa’ o’ the world
To bigg his nest in the braid breast
O’ Cassiopeia
Or whaur the galaxy hings like a watergaw
Lippen on nae sin…—William Soutar, “Apotheosis”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL, 2016)2/2
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #space #spaceflight #InternationalDayOfHumanSpaceFlight #Gagarin #Scots #Scotslanguage
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It steppit like a stallion,
Wha’s heid hauds up a horn,
And weel the men o’ Scotland kent
It was the unicorn…—William Soutar (1898–1943), “Birthday”
Another poem for National Unicorn Day 🦄 🏴
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage #NationalUnicornDay #unicorn
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Your carolan’s blythe, bricht bird i the blackthorn bou,
this braw Voar morn, wi trill eftir spirlan trill,
tho you only ken the warld as it liggs the nou,
an nocht but a glisk concerns your chatteran bill…—Maurice Lindsay, “On Hearin a Merle Singan (Arbroath Day, April 6th, 1946)”
published in A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS (ASL 2016)https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
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“‘Done is a Battell’ is not only a religious work but also a heroic poem depicting the triumph of good over evil, life over death, light over dark”
—Courtney Brown discusses Dunbar’s poem, & provides a full gloss, on the University of Stirling’s That Scots Lit Blog
2/2
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #medieval #medievalliterature #Easter #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Done is a battell on the dragon blak,
Our campioun Chryst confoundit hes his force;
The ȝettis of hell ar brokin with a crak,
The signe triumphall rasit is of the croce…—William Dunbar, c.1460–1520. The poem was most likely written when Dunbar was at James IV’s court
1/2
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #medieval #medievalliterature #Easter #Scots #Scotslanguage
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A girnin, greitin deil wis I –
I wis auld, and feelin aulder.
Syne the heatin system burst in Hell:
It wis cauld – and gettin caulder…—James Robertson, “Beelzebub Resurfaces”
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/beelzebub-resurfaces/
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Her face was thrawed.
She wisna aa come.In the trams o her airms
the wummin held oot her first bairn.
It micht hae been a mercat day
and him for sale…—Alastair Mackie, “Pietà”
from The Golden Treasury of Scottish Verse, @canongatebooks 2021https://canongate.co.uk/books/3267-the-golden-treasury-of-scottish-verse/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Ayont the linn; ayont the linn,
Whaur gowdan wags the gorse,
A gowk gaed cryin’: “Come ye in:
I’ve fairins in my purse…”—William Soutar, “The Gowk”
published in Collected Published Poetry (Tippermuir, 2024)April Fool’s Day is Huntigowk Day in Scotland
https://tippermuirbooks.co.uk/product/william-soutar-collected-works-vols-1-2/
#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #April1st
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I wad ha’e gi’en him my lips tae kiss,
Had I been his, had I been his…—“Mary’s Song”, by Marion Angus (1865–1946) – born #OTD, 27 March
published in THE TINKER’S ROAD and Other Verses (1924)“She has an authentic voice straight out of the ballad tradition, an eerie shimmer to her best poems”
—Kathleen Jamie#Scottish #literature #poem #poetry #20thcentury #womenwriters #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Serving Twa Maisters
Five Classic Plays in Scots Translation⭐️LET WIVES TAK TENT: Robert Kemp
⭐️THE BURDIES: Douglas Young
⭐️THE SERVANT O’ TWA MAISTERS: Victor Carin
⭐️THE HYPOCHONDRIAK: Hector MacMillan
⭐️MR PUNTILA & HIS MAN MATTI: Peter Arnott7/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/serving_twa_maisters/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #Scots #Scotslanguage #20thcentury
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Scottish People’s Theatre
Plays by Glasgow Unity writers
ed. Bill Findlay⭐️THE GORBALS STORY: Robert McLeish
⭐️MEN SHOULD WEEP: Ena Lamont Stewart
⭐️GOLD IN HIS BOOTS: George Munro
⭐️THE LAMBS OF GOD: Benedick Scott
⭐️ALL IN GOOD FAITH: Roddy McMillan5/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/spt/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #20thcentury #Glasgow #Scots #Scotslanguage
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Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots
in 2 vols
Translated by Martin Bowman & Bill Findlay
Ed. Martin BowmanThe energy & versatility of 8 of Tremblay’s Québécois plays, captured in Scots translation. Available from all good booksellers everywhere!
3/7
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/other_titles/michel-tremblay-plays-in-scots-volume-1/
#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #translation #quebecois #Quebec #MichelTremblay #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“The Great Silkie”
The Corries sing their version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (The Corries, Live At The Royal Lyceum Theatre, Edinburgh, 1971)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbhFlt0cRcs
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #TheCorries #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“Silkie”
Joan Baez sings a version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (Joan Baez Vol. 2, 1961)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZy2Q3QY0Q
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #JoanBaez #Scots #Scotslanguage
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“Silkie”
Joan Baez sings a version of “The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry” (Joan Baez Vol. 2, 1961)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zZy2Q3QY0Q
#Scottish #literature #folkksong #folklore #seal #seals #selkie #InternationalSealDay #JoanBaez #Scots #Scotslanguage