Escape to the tailored suit,
the pan-loaf speech,
the benefits of higher education…
—“Kailyard & After” by William Neill (1922–2010), b. #OTD, 22 Feb. He wrote poetry in all three of Scotland’s languages & was an active campaigner for Scots & Gaelic
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Yirdins are no for me, I was never ane
tae wear a tile hat and a claw-hemmer coat;
I was never ane
tae staund aboot a cauld and clartie grave
wi een like a wannert stot…
—William Neill, “A Lament for Alba Moroon”
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Chuala mise gum b’urrain dhaibh o shean
coiseachd fo chraobhan bho Chluaidh gu Solabhaigh;
a nisd chaneil a leithid de chraobhan againn …
ach pairèid reiseamaid ghiuthas air gach sliabh.
—Uilleam Nèill, “Craobhan”
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A video of William Neill from “Poets of the South-West”, created for Dumfries & Galloway Education Department in the 1980s & online via Hugh McMillan. Neill reads some of his poetry & discusses his use of Gaelic & Scots
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Opff3zwIAek
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Assoc for Scottish Literature