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Leid an Lairn

Ards an Down Cooncil, in Norland Irland, alang wi the Ulster Fowk Museum, is awa tae haud…

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St Aundraes ootset

The St Aundraes Heritage Museum an Gairden haes an ootset on the noo anent the Scots…

Scots word

clatty

Scots Word of the Week: Clatty By Dictionaries of the Scots Language The Dictionaries of…

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Aiblins d'Artagnan?

No lang syne it wis reportit abreid that the burrial steid o Charles de Batz de…

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Testamentar documents

Whiles ye micht read that testaments wis for weel tae dae or sillert fowk, but it isna…

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Names that's soondit

The’r a group o weel kent faimly names in Scots that, while thay for ordnar daena differ…

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The faimly name

The faimly name or surname haesna been aboot that lang in Scotland, or, at least, wisna…

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Retours an sasines

Whan a body that haed guids an geir an land dee’d, it wis the ordnar custom tae gaither…

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Burrial grunds

Sae faur as we ken, the fashion in Scotland for biggin monuments ower individual deid…

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Sodgers an sailyers

Scotland haes a lang history o weirfare an sennin men, an weemen, tae fecht, baith at…