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

https://digital.nls.uk/works-by-selected-scottish-authors/archive/129188342#?c=0&m=0&s=0&cv=12&xywh=-880%2C-256%2C3153%2C2337

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

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 Arnott

7/7

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/serving_twa_maisters/

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #Scots #Scotslanguage #20thcentury

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 McMillan

5/7

https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/spt/

#Scottish #literature #drama #theatre #theater #plays #WorldTheatreDay #20thcentury #Glasgow #Scots #Scotslanguage

Michel Tremblay: Plays in Scots
in 2 vols
Translated by Martin Bowman & Bill Findlay
Ed. Martin Bowman

The 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

The petition has been turned down. Reply below. I have requested clarification and will let everyone know.

I will not wait with bated breath. Unfortunately with elections coming up and many MSPs not standing again, getting attention is difficult. But we will keep on trying. More after May I hope.

#Scotland #Education #Doric #Damage #Harm #Enshittificatrion #AI #Scots #Language #ScotPol

“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

The Corries --- The Great Silkie

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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

JOAN BAEZ ~ Silkie ~

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“I am a man upon the land,
I am a selkie in the sea,
And when I’m far and far frae land
My hame is in the Sule Skerry”

—The Great Selkie of Sule Skerry (traditional)

22 March is #InternationalSealDay 🦭

🎨: Vernon Hill, “The Great Sealchie of Sule Skerrie”, in Ballads Weird & Wonderful (1912)

#Scottish #literature #folksong #folklore #selkie #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage #seal #seals

Follow the Wagon Road to Find Your Ancestors

Most genealogists begin their research using census records. That is the appropriate startup. You can compare that data with tombstones and…

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@cstross

The full horror is only revealed by the non-cropped version that isn't what was posted to social media or shown by The National.

It is supposed to be #Huntly in #Aberdeenshire.

https://glowconnect.org.uk/use-gemini-to-create-illustrated-storybooks/

#AIslop #Scots #Gaelic #Scotland #EducationScotland #GoogleGemini #Glow

Use Gemini to create illustrated storybooks – Glow Connect