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It wis anither braw #Scotstober, the year. As a body 'at is nae native spikker, Ah've lairnt muckle an haed a grand time creatin. Thankye awbody, specially @DrMDempster fer hostin.
Here's 'e hale threid o ma Scots crack Fallin Brochs.
Dark nicht wi warm breeze,
Guisers chappin hoose tae hoose;
Mind yer auld tumshie.
This wis 'e saison o #Samhain. Tae handsel 'e new beginnins, ilka body pit up their bagies, neeps, tumshies, pumpkins, or ony licht thay haed.
A Lichtsome Samhain!
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-31st Halla E'en! - #neep, #tumshie, #baigie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
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Sheep millin aroond,
Efter autumn rain plootin,
In glabber and glaur
Noo, thare wis nae glabber, ony mair, 'cept fer 'e gracious kin in 'e gairdens. 'At wis a thing fer Lent, but.
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-30t - #glabber
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
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Dod! – that’s him nou – eik up the byne;
afore the hairth, his claen sark hing:
pit claes is waffin on the line;
merle on a rowan singin fine.
—David Purdie, “Merle on a Rowan”
https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/merle-rowan/
#Scottish #literature #Scotstober #poem #poetry #Scots #Scotslanguage
Curtains be hingit afore 'e windaes, an fowk realeesed, 'e warld thay war luikin at wis thairs, agin.
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-29t - #hing
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
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'E brocks becam breeks 'at buildit hooses, caweys, an lifes. Awbody wirkit thegither. Ower time, 'e erest ingle wis kennelt.
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-28t - #ingle
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
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Ane efter 'e ither o 'e mony follaed lik rammies 'at follae thair leadin yowe. Suin, 'e mony gat fewer, an 'e wheen gat mair.
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(Ah'm nae native spikker.)
#Scotstober 2025-27t - #rammie
#WriteInScots #Scots #Doric
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Stefanie Neumann
HighlandLawyer
Assoc for Scottish Literature