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“…on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”

Steamships, “steaming”, drunkenness & “smùid” – Donald Meek on going doon the watter, & early Scottish booze-cruising

https://meekwrite.blogspot.com/2013/04/maritime-and-linguistic-studies.html

#Scottish #Scotland #Scots #Scotslanguage #Gaelic #Gaidhlig #steaming #GlasgowFair #FairMonday #culturalstudies #19thcentury #20thcentury #alcohol #steamboat

“on one occasion the Highland Queen was berthed by the master and a boy, the rest of the crew being quite incapable…”

#Scots & #Gaelic: steamships, “steaming”, drunkenness & “smùid” – Donald Meek on going doon the watter, & early #Scottish booze-cruising

#GlasgowFair #FairMonday #culturalstudies #19thcentury #20thcentury

https://meekwrite.blogspot.com/2013/04/maritime-and-linguistic-studies.html