Tempestuous skies at Calanais.
#Scotland #History #Blackandwhitephotography #StandingStoneSunday #Scotstober

Day 1 #Scotstober Fain
The Ancient Angler
By Thomas B Kerr
From a collection of early 20th century Clyde Valley poetry called Overton Odes an Ens

#Scotstober .

#Scotstober #doon

To DOUN THRING, v.a. To overthrow.
— Jamieson’s Dictionary, 1808

Day 5 of #Scotstober celebrating the #Scotslanguage is: Faar/Far/Faur.

“Far distant, far distant, lies Foyers the brave, nae tombstone memorial shall hallow his grave. His banes they lie scattered on the rude soil o Spain, o Young Jamie Foyers in battle wis slain”

#scots

#Scotstober Day 2 - Doon
Excerpt from the song 'Carnwath Mill'

An extract for #Scotstober #grumlie day from a poem scrievit by the guid Dr Jamieson himself, & printed for the Bannatyne Club in 1828.

'To deep-lored Hailes how much we owe,
Quha taucht our shepherds first to know .../

There's very few folk that'll enjoy this Venn overlap but here ye go.

Ane Bangsteris Paradys
(the umquhile Coolio)
#Scotstober

Sneaking in for the last day of #scotstober with neeps and tumshie 🦇🕸️🍄🎃👻☠️

#Scotstober #stamagast

— frae The Ferlie Starn
[trans. L’Étoile Mystérieuse, Hergé]

Evening approaches at Wigtown Bay yesterday.
#Galloway #Scotland #History #Blackandwhitephotography #Scotstober

Efter dodgin it fir ower 3½ years Ah wis fair stamagastit tae test positive fir Covid oan Sunday.
#Scotstober

#Scotstober Day 30 an the word is #neebour .

Twa-three lines in translation for the day's #Scotstober

#Scotstober 17 #hirple Een fae the bairns #BairnsScotstober

I’ve been unco thrang gettin a book feinished sae haenae had muckle time tae jyne in #Scotstober , but seein it’s pooer the day, here’s the quote “But pith an pooer tae ma last oor, I’ll mak this declaration/we’re bought & sold for English gold, such a parcel o rogues in a nation”

#Scotstober word the day is duil/dule and it aye minds me o the dowie line fae the Flooers o the Forest. “Dule an wae for the order, sent oor lads tae the Border…

The day's #Scotstober / #BairnsScotstober wirds ir: neep, tumshie an baigie

A wee poyum fir Scotstober, and the Scots word of the day: brounie [bumble bee].