The Scots Word of the Week: Intimmers
Dictionaries of the Scots Language (DSL) defines intimmers as: “of a vessel: the inside or outside timbers; of any mechanical contrivance: the…
Source: heraldscotland.com
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PICTURES: Black Isle ceilidh workshops are cool with kids as events pave way for community get-together
The ceilidh workshops were well received and will lead to a bigger gathering open to the public.
Source: ross-shirejournal.co.uk
Children and families invited to ceilidh workshops in Black Isle communities
Several such sessions are planned across the peninsula with a big ceilidh set for October.
Source: inverness-courier.co.uk
Children and families invited to 'cool for kids' ceilidh workshops in Black Isle communities of Munlochy and Avoch
The events on the Black Isle will culminate in a big ceilidh event in October – that's the plan!
Source: ross-shirejournal.co.uk
Scots Word of the Week
SOUK Yesterday was St Magnus Day, patron saint of Orkney, which put me in mind of this week’s word. Ever since Scotland emerged at the end of what scholars no longer call “the Dark Ages”, it has been a multilingual nation. A time-traveller visiting what is now Scotland around the year 1000 would encounter speakers of Old Northumbrian in the south-east, of Celtic varieties across large swathes of the country, and of Old Norse (Norroen or “Norn”), the language of the Vikings, in the far north and dotted around the coast and islands. Shetland and Orkney, in particular, were settled b...
Source: heraldscotland.com