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The Bonnie Lass o Fyvie
A favourite fae the North East, this is anither o thae luve sangs that's got a tragic end. Performed by the Joe Gordon Folk Four, this video comes fae the auld BBC TV programme, The White Heather Club. mair
Some help tae stert tae yaise mair Scots in the primary class.
Aileen McEwen scrieved aboot yaising Scots in the primary school an whit guid effect this wid hae. She compared it tae the wider benefits tae o yaising twa weys o spickin. She wrote for learnin teachers in Aiberdeenshire, them that mibby didnae ken ower muckle Scots. Her article had ideas that wi... mair
David
For the Rev David Ogston, 1947-2008
Bard an meenister in ane
Straicht the furra that he trod
May his ghaistly fitsteps climm
Jacob’s laidder, tae his God.
Douce, he wis, a scholar chiel
Leaf frae a stinch Buchan tree
Autumn’s wyled him frae the lave
Tae his earned Epipha... mair
David Ogston
On a cauld Januar mornin in 1980, a wee curn o fowk frae St. John’s Kirk set oot for Balerno in sairch o a new meinister. As we herkent til a delichtfu an eimaginative sermon, we war awaur that here wes a rerr speirit. The letter o applicatioun that brocht us ti Balerno haed been haund-wrutten ... mair
David Ogtson's Kirk Waddin Service in Scots
David Ogston's Scots leid waddin service isna as weel kent as it micht be. Ye can tak a swtch at it at the follaein web site.
http://www.monikie.org.uk/wedd mair
North East dialect
The Doric o Scotland's Nor-Aist is amang the lifiest an maist distinctif o aa the mony dialecs o the mither tung. Frae Don tae Deveron, the auld fowk an mony o the ying forbye still speaks it daily-day; an the "Doric Nichts" in howfs, an annual Doric festival o music an makin, an Doric screives ... mair
The North East Dialect
Listen tae the north-east dialect.
Reproduced wi the kind permission o Luath Press
http://www.luath.co.uk mair
Luath Scots Language Learner
Helen waukens quicker
Reproduced with the kind permission of Luath Press
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Sheena Blackhall
Sheena Blackhall reads fae Minnie, her novella aboot north east ferm life atween the wars.
Reproduced wi the kind permission o the Scots Language Centre
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Robbie Sheppards Podcast
Listen tae weel-kent north east broadcaster an journalist, Robbie Sheppard, fa's podcast gangs oot ilka wik on www.thisisnorthscotland.co.uk/
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Songs from the North East
Chokit on a tattie - Bairns fae Strichen in Buchan haein a fun tae theirsells singin a wee rhyme fae the playgrunn
From Scottish Tradition Series Vol 22 - Chokit On A Tattie (Children's Songs & Rhymes)
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http://www.musicscotland.com mair
More songs from the North East
The lang snout piece - Iss ferm quine's needin a bairnie but canna get a man
Reproduced wi the kind permission o the School of Scottish Studies
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Links for North East
The Buchan Heritage Society
The Society was founded in March 1984 by our Founder President Mr James M Duncan, in order to keep alive in a fast changing world all the old and true traditions of Buchan in Music, Song, Verse, Drama and Olde Tyme Dance.
http://www.buchanheritagesocie
The Dor... mair
News from the North East
Hotel lands uplifting Doric voice
An Aberdeen hotel has secured a local Doric accent for its lift - to make guests feel more welcome.
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As I came ower the Muir o` Ord
From the Bothy Ballards published by Greentrax Recordings
http://www.greentrax.com/ mair
Ruth from Portessie
Ruth is fae Portessie, near Buckie on the north east coast. She wis a fish gutter in her teens, traiveling aa ower the UK during the herring boom for work. She has aa kin o stories tae tell fae this time but in this wee extract she is talkin aboot gettin mairriet durin the war and the difficultie... mair
Scottish Parliament motion on north east Scots from Maureen Watt MSP
Scots Pairlament motion on nor-east Scots fae Maureen Watt MSP
The follaein Motion wis pitten afore the Scots pairlament, written in baith Scots an English, bi Maureen Watt MSP an wis reportit tae hiv gotten a fairly guid an braid meisure o uphaud frae fellae MSPs in the Scots pairlament. Here ye... mair
EXCLUSIVE – Scots waddin on film
Whan they decidit tae get mairriet, Colin Wilson an Fiona Henderson wantit tae hae their ceevil waddin ceremony carriet oot in Scots, their mither tongue. They askit the registrars in Aiberdeen, their hame toon, tae mak the necessar arrangements but were shocked whan the registrars turned them do... mair
A rare soond fae the North East
A rare new soond-register, pit thegither bi The Formartine Oral History Project, is tae be ootset for the first time at a gaithering in Fyvie castle, Aiberdeenshire, on Seturday 19 Aprile 2008. The soond-register is made up o nearly a hunner CDs o hame-aboot fowk mindin on, an speakin aboot, thai... mair
Intries inveetit for Doric Competeetion
Intries is noo inveetit as pairt o the Doric Fest writing competeetion. Intrants maun write either a poyem, cutty story or een-act play tae be submittit bi the deidline o 19 September 2008. Intries shuid hae a teetle page, fit category the intry is ettled at, the name o the intrant, an the hame-b... mair
Aboot Aiberdeen
A wabsteid aw aboot Aiberdeen haes pit up a sma but uissfae innin tae North East Scots – kent as ‘e Doric til its speakers – an tae the first ‘Doric’ picture tae be made forby. In 2008 Mark Stirton lowsed his picture ‘One Day Removals’ aboot twa haunless flitters an maist o the cast... mair
Scots waddin for Colin an Fiona
Scots leid upsteerer, Colin Wilson, mairriet Fiona Henderson at a civil waddin on Setterday that wis hauden in the North East dialect o Scots.
Tae read mair an tae see a photae o the happy couple veesit the Press and Journal wab steid at
http://www.pressandjournal.co. mair
Joyce Falconer is Centre's Scots voice
In the next twa-three weeks veesitors tae the Centre will be able tae hear as weel as read the Scots word of the week. Fowk that think they ken the voice winna aa be wrang as it belangs Joyce Falconer, the Aiberdeen born actress that starred as plain spikkin Roisin Henderson in BBC soap, River Ci... mair
First Doric feature film on youtube
Mark Stirton, the Aiberdeen based producer o "One Day Removals", first full length feature film in Doric, the North east by-leid o Scots haes postit a trailer for the picter on youtube.
The film an trailer haes some gey strang language. mair
MSP Screives on Waddin Stoushie
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West o Scotlan, has screivit tae Linda Fabiani, the Scottish Govrenment Meinister for Europe, External Affairs and Culture, askin her tae inform aa Scotlan’s registrars that they maun conduct waddin ceremonies in Scots, gin couples request it.
Dr Wilson’s le... mair
Doonload 'The Brus' free
John Barbour's epic Scots poem, The Brus, is available as a free doonload fae the web site o Aiberdeen based cultural magazine, Leopard. Alangside the doonload is a cutty airticle on the life o Barbour by Derrick McClure fae Aiberdeen University.
The airticle an doonload is at http://www.leopa... mair
Prize honours North East writer
A prize o £500 is tae be gien tae the winner o a short story competition that's been set up tae merk the life an wark o North east writer David Toulmin.
A short story up tae 4000 words shuid be pit in tae Dr Ian Russell at the address ablow. Hard copy, size A4, shuid be sent alang wi an elect... mair
MSP Spreiads Scots fae Aiberdeen tae Argentina!
Dr Bill Wilson, SNP MSP for the West o Scotlan, shared his love o the Scots leid wi primary skuilbairns aboard The Readin Bus on Friday 16t Januar.
Dr. Wilson read twa Scots poems by Hugh MacDiarmid — “The Watergaw” and “The Sauchs in the Reuch Heuch Hauch” — and talked aboot the ... mair
'Nae Bad Ava!' gets its offeecial stert
The Reading Bus, alang wi Aiberdeenshire Cooncil an Talisman Energy, haes pitten thegither anither gaithery o poyems in North East Scots, cryed ‘Nae Bad Ava!’. This comes a year efter the acclaim that the first buik ‘Fit Like, Yer Majesty?’ got an that sellt 10,000 doobles aw roon the war... mair
Organisations jyne thigether tae mind David Toulmin
The Scots Language Centre haes jyned forces wi Leopard magazine an the Elphinstone Institute tae promote the David Toulmin writing prize. The prize haes been gaun for twa year nou an merks the life an wirk o John Reid, the ferm chiel fae Buchan that for a lang pairt o his life was weel kent as th... mair
Nae Mince in Moray gangs viral
Nae Mince in Moray, the Doric rap that haes featured as the Scots Language Centre’s youtube video selection ower the past twa weeks, haes notched up thoosans o new hits since it appeared on the SLC site.
The video – aa aboot a Moray loon’s attempt tae get some o his favourite food fae lo... mair
Joyce Falconer talks aboot return tae River City
Scots spikkin actor, Joyce Falconer, wis back in BBC Scotland soap, River City, the ither week for the funeral o her smaa screen sister, Shona.
In this interview for STV, Joyce talks aboot the soap, her raicent tour wi the National Theatre of Scotland an hou her famous cackle means that she da... mair
Flittin, Nae Mince etc.
Weil, I'm back on bloggin efter a wee whilie awa. Jist flittit twa week syne, sae aye trying tae redd out a nummer o fankles that's no richt just yet.
It's guid tae see thon veidio "Nae Mince In Moray" daein sae weil up i the North East (jsit haed a scance at YouTube, an it's ower 42,000 vi... mair
Nicht o Tradeetional Sangs
The Aiberdeen & Regional Oral History Associe is tae haud a tradeetional concert pairty on the nicht o Seturday 26 Aprile at the village haw, Logie Coldstone, by Tarland in Deeside, stertin aff at 7.30pm. On the nicht the’ll be tradeetional sangs in Scots, alang wi tradeetional jigs, an a comic... mair
Storytelling Warkshop
Weel-kent poyet an screivar Sheena Blackhall is tae haud a storytelling warkshop for fowk in North East Scots, hostit bi the Grampian Associe o Storytellers. Sheena will mak uiss o sangs, poyems an stories for tae reenge the hail o the spoken an wrutten word o the North East. Sheena wad like fowk... mair
Scots, Language of Kings
Dr Caroline Macafee will be giein a paper cryed ‘Scots, Language of Kings’ as ane o the public lectures at the Elphinstone Institute, the Versity o Aiberdeen. Mair parteeclars can be fund in the e-diary near the time. mair
Banffshire Field Club
The Banffshire Field Club will be host tae J Derrick McClure on Seturday 8 December at the Community Centre, Banff Road, Keith, stertin at 2.15pm. Mr McClure will be speakin aboot the follaein subject: ‘Scotland in Europe, Europe in Scotland – The Tradition o Poetic Translation.’ Amang ithe... mair
Doric Cabaret Eening
As pairt o the city o Aiberdeen’s St Andra’s Weekend, the Associe o Grampian Storytellers is haein a Doric Cabaret Eening on Seturday 1 December at Union Terrace Gairdens, Aiberdeen, fae 7.30pm til 10.15pm. The nicht sterts oot wi a walcome tae the guests an pipers o the Buchan Pipe Baund. Th... mair
Ootset o Doric Buikie
Aiberdeen City Cooncil's 'Reading Bus' is tae ootset a new buik o poyems in North East Scots - the Doric - at a rare day oot at Fyvie Castle. The buik, cryed 'Fit Like, Yer Majesty?' haes 47 winnin poyems waled fae 200 intries an is airtit at 8-14 year aulds. For mair information please speir at ... mair
'Nae Bad Ava!' tae get its stert
The 2009 Word Fest will gae aheid at King's College Confeerance Centre, Versity O Aiberdeen, an haes as its theme the heritage o the North East o Scotland. The buik 'Nae Bad Ava!' will be set oot offeecial-like forby. This buik haes intil't 44 poyems wrutten in Scots bi fowk aged atween 8 an 92 a... mair
Bannock n a round, flat, thickish cake often baked on a girdle
Bannock appears in Old English as bannuc and traces its origins back to the Latin panis or panicium meaning bread. They have been staples of both diet and language. They are usually made of oatmeal, barley, pease or flour, although the Pitcaithly bannock is a bit more swanky, being a kind of shor... mair
