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For yer sons ha’e been great baith in peace and in war: While the sang and the tale live they’ll aye win respect, The lads neath the bonnets wi’ thistles bedeckt. O, The Thistle, etc. Mo dhùthaich, cha ’n ioghnadh mòr chliù air thigh’nn uait, ’S a liuthad duaidh-làraich ’s deagh ghnàth tha ris fuaight’;
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...
Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (DOST), 12 volumes; Scottish National Dictionary (SND), 10 volumes; The DOST contains information about Older Scots words in use from the 12th to the end of the 17th centuries (Early and Middle Scots); SND contains information about Scots words in use from 1700 to the 1970s (Modern Scots).
Pages in category "Scottish words and phrases" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
List of English words of Scots origin is a list of English language words of Scots origin. See also "List of English words of Scottish Gaelic origin", which contains many words which were borrowed via Highland Scots. Blackmail A form of extortion carried out by the Border Reivers, borrowed into English with less violent connotations. blatant ...
Today as we celebrate the Prince of Peace’s birthday, let us do so with a sense of peace and hope; hope in our fellow human beings; hope for a better world and faith in the Giver of peace. To me ...
One theory derives the word "Hudson's" from the Hudson's Bay Company and "Hope" from the Scottish word "hope" meaning a "small enclosed valley". [2] Another theory has the name derived from a prospector named Hudson who came to the area searching for gold. [3] The District of Hudson's Hope slogan is the "Playground of the Peace".
The Gauls inhabited the region corresponding to modern-day France, Belgium, Switzerland, southern and western Germany, Luxembourg and northern Italy. They spoke Gaulish.The Celtic Britons inhabited most of the island of Great Britain and spoke Common Brittonic or British.