Scots language
Found in 44 Collections and/or Records:
28.230 Male, Single, 35-44 yrs, Stammering, March 1947
"Funny little man with a speech defect which he overcomes by talking very slowly; odd and reserved, very shy, seems very badly proportioned but not deformed. He is working as a clerk. An incomer, came north to avoid the bombing. Sergeant confirms that he is a queer wee jeeger."
Bound manuscript entitled "A Collection of choice Songs English and Scots In Two Parts", compiled by John Robinson
Collection of 65 Scottish charters and other documents, from 1402 to 1699, in Latin and Scots, some with seals
Collection of Original Letters and Verses of Robert Burns, 2nd half of the 18th century
Collection of original letters and verses by Robert Burns.
Facsimiles of Scottish Charters and Letters prepared by Sir William Fraser
The facsimile charters are loose and are numbered at rear from 1 to 288. A few are missing, and these are, nos: 37, 50, 89, 110-111, 136-137, 151, 211, and 233.
Letters (1973-1982) from Hamish Henderson to Michael Sharp
MS 42: Composite manuscript including two texts, 15th century
Papers of Hamish Henderson
Papers of Professor R.L.G. Ritchie
The papers of Professor Ritchie consist mainly of material relating to a projected work on the French element in Scots. The collection is composed of general and introductory material, notes on purely Scots words, material on phonology, a glossary, a bibliography, and unworked notes on French loanwords and personal names. There is also material on Arthurian studies.
Poem quotations likened to Miss Beatson, 1867
Poem quotations likened to a Miss Beatson [possibly Margaret or Elizabeth Beatson, the daughters of the minister of Barraigh/Isle of Barra] 'Miss Beatson is like Word[sworth]'s A rosebud by a mossy stone, Half hidden from the eye...Or - A mossy rosebud down you know, Just op'ning fresh & bonnie...But more beautiful than either...is Oss[ian] Bha sgeimh mar sholaist ga h-eud eud (sic), Bha ceuma mar cheol nan dan.'