Wallace’s House
In the New Statistical Account of Scotland, compiled between 1843 and 1845, by one Sir Henry Jardine, we find an account of a fortification situated on a hill above the confluences of the Black Linn and the Tor Linn, in the parish of Kirkmichael, in Dumfriesshire. In the Dumfriesshire OS Name Books, 1848 - 1858, …
Was Wallace a Blackheart?
This is a writing project that some random guy did in 1st year. 1st year is the first year of secondary school. Or, for the Americans out there: high school. And, It’s also nonsense. Regardless of what age the person was when they wrote it, it’s now been uploaded to the internet, and on a …
My Ancestors Were Hotter Than Yours
Oh, the Daily Mail, how you never disappoint me in attracting the most mentally deficient, goblinesque commentators that the internet can produce. No small wonder then, when an internet connection, I’d imagine, is hard to install in a swamp bound cave network. But I digress, the above is about some skeletons found in Galloway, and …
The Wall Around a Trussed up Pig
“Build a wall! Build a wall! Build a wall!” They chanted, to the glee of the guffawing Liz Truss, and her self-satisfied smile. 44 days. That was all this limpid, wiry hag needed to plunge the economy of Britain into the red, to sink the pound and just about cripple the economy so severely, that …
Cornish Conspiracy (The Sequel)
According to my analytics, a few of my posts have ended up on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram etc. Although I’m not on any of these social medias, and so haven’t been able to search through them, or successfully follow the referrer links, in order to see how they’ve been viewed. Yet I’ve always been somewhat curious, …
Cultural Cringe/Reddit Cringe
Stream of consciousness Let me start out by saying, that I hate the subreddit, r/Scotland. It’s quite frankly a tornado of shite spinning around an echo chamber, of which already reeks of farts. If you don’t praise the SNP, then you’re a Nazi. If you don’t find Humza Yousaf delightfully charming and debonair, then you’re …
The Boys of the Quarry
In the year 1913, on an apparently sunny afternoon in June, two ploughmen were crossing through the estate, a route they had taken many times before. These sturdy labourers were Thomas Duncan, and James Thompson. And as they skirted the flooded quarry, a white mass floating upon its cold, black surface caught their eye. 2022 …
Voices by the Loch
For Hogmanay this year, me, my family, and friends decided to see in the bells out at one of my most favourite places in all of Scotland; Loch Rannoch. And so arriving there in the chilly afternoon, at around 2:30pm, we quickly set up our tents, while overhead the clouds swung around one another, and …
Scots Words (and others) That Aren’t Yours
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/582749/irish-slang Well, not according to the above link. Nor the one below, either. But I can assure you mo caraid, they are not Irish words, and they most certainly did not originate on that island. I (Irish) [aye/ ay] | WordReference Forums However, you do not need to take my word for it, nor the …
“Rabid-Nats”: Nationalism V Radicalism
Often, these two words, especially in today’s politically charged parlance, are all but synonymous. Or, at the very least, go hand in hand with one another in the minds of many people. And if I’m being completely honest, I understand why, although fortunately I continue not to view the world in blinkered black and white …
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