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A CONSULTATION to ensure the long-term growth of Gaelic and Scots has been launched by the Scottish Government.

ONE of the things Amanda Thomson loves about old words she has found for nature is how they “make the ordinary that we wouldn’t notice…

© Supplied by Courier artist Many years ago I bought a small unsigned oil painting of storm-driven waves crashing onto rocks at the foot of high cliffs. The cliffs were the Bullers of Buchan, a spectacular natural arch projecting out into the sea, and what is known locally as the Cauldron or The Pot into which the sea churns and boils in wild weather. Ever since I bought that wee painting I’d promised myself I’d take a trip up there and walk to the Bullers to see just how impressive they are. It wasn’t on my bucket list, you understand – I’m too young for one of those – but it wa...

But Chalking The Door In Scotland Meant Something Else Around 50 houses in Seaford now have the ancient blessing marked on their doors and Folkes said it was “a lovely and significant tradition for us to embrace at a time of such worry and uncertainty.” Parishioners Kay and Keith Blackburn had their front door chalked and said the ritual was not only a lovely way to bless your house, but it makes one consider the role of the Three Kings. However, to leave this article thinking you know all about the history of chalking doors in “Britain,” you would be wrong, because what you have lea...