31 Mar 1640: Archibald Adair, degraded & imprisoned #Scots bishop of Killala, who had allegedly uttered words favouring the Covenanters, is found unfit to be summoned to the #Irish House of Lords #otd (JohnArmagh)

Monochrome photograph showing a view along Princes Street, Edinburgh. In the right foreground, people are waiting to cross, while beyond them a tram turns into the street. The Gothic Scott Monument is in the background.

Fit-fowk, skoosh-caur an the Scott Moniment.

Pedestrians, tram and the Scott Monument.

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #photography #backandwhite #monochrome #pedestrians #people #street #tram #ScottMonument #PrincesStreet #Edinburgh #Scotland

The meet also served as Senior Day where Carlmont honored its seniors for their contributions to the program over the past several years.
Photo credits: @emily.monteforte.media
#track #studentlife #scots

Image with facts and figures about the DOST resource.

Our entries for Faclair na Gàidhlig often reveal semantic parallels with Scots. You can search DOST on the Dictionars o the Scots Leid (DSL) website: dsl.ac.uk

Read more about Faclair na Gàidhlig’s beginnings following the publication of DOST, here: www.faclair.ac.uk/blog/366/gd

#gaidhlig #scots

Dealbh a' mìneachadh ghoireis DOST.

Tha na h-inntridhean againn tric a’ nochdadh cheanglaichean le Albais. Nach toir sibh sùil Dictionars o the Scots Leid (DSL) agus faclair DOST?: dsl.ac.uk

Leughaibh barrachd mun dàimh eachdraidheil eadar DOST agus Faclair na Gàidhlig: www.faclair.ac.uk/blog/366/gd
#gàidhlig #faclair #scots #albais

29 Mar 1567: rumours circulate #otd that Mary Queen #Scots is to wed Bothwell (Wallace/GCI) This came to pass on 15 May after he assaulted her.

The former First Muslim vs. Peter Dow on "impunity" in international relations
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#BBCSundayShow #ScotNight #BBCdn #Holyrood #ScottishParliament #SNP #ScottishPolitics #ScottishGovernment #PoliceScotland #COPFS #ScottishCourts #ScotsLaw #Scottish #Scotland #Scots

Whiles ye canna ding yetts an braes an the cairrie.

Sometimes you cannot beat gates and hills and the sky.

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #photography #colourphotography #landscape #hill #sky #gate #cloud

Old Photograph Craigievar Castle Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of #Craigievar #Castle, #Aberdeenshire. An excellent example of the original #Scots Baronial architecture, the castle was completed in 1626 tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2013/05/old-...

THE THISTLE 1747 PREJUDICE ARROGANT ENGLISHMEN to SCOTS NATION Jacobite MURRAY

#books #antiquarian #18thcentury #politics #government #English #prejudice #Jacobites #Scots #bookauction
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Monochrome photograph showing an upside-down shopping trolley on grass. Immediately behind the trolley is the bottom part of a lamppost.

Tapsalteerie on a Fuirsday.

Upside down on a Thursday.

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #photography #backandwhite #monochrome #shoppingtrolley #shoppingcart #grass #lamppost

25 Mar 1582: Sir William Sempill takes command of a #Scots company of troops in Lier (now in #Belgium) #otd - he handed the town over to the #Spanish on 1 Aug. Alessandro Farnese awarded him 1,000 ducats & a gold chain.

25 Mar 1437: Michael Ochiltree Bishop of Dunblane crowns the 7 year old James II as King of #Scots at Holyrood Abbey #otd following the assassination of James I #Scotland

25 Mar 1306: Isabella Buchan (née Macduff) - controversially - in the absence of the earl of #Fife places coronet on the head of Robert Bruce as king of #Scots most probably on a substitute for the Stone of Scone

Tour Scotland Video Scottish American War Memorial

Tour #Scotland travel photograph and video Blog of the #Scottish #American #War Memorial in Princes Street Gardens on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to #Edinburgh. Gifted by #American #Scots tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2010/08/tour...

A monochrome photograph showing a view over vegetation towards a stone obelisk monument.

Aboot ane.

Much the same.

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #photography #backandwhite #monochrome #monument #obelisk #vegetation #NelsonMonument #Glasgow #Scotland #sky

Bogenschützen Scots

Kämpfer Scots

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#tabletop #victrix #wargaming #scots

LIST OFFICERS ARMY & ROYAL MARINES 1818 COLONELS REGIMENTS INFANTRY Names

#books #antiquarian #history #army #BritishArmy #military #ranks #colonels #regiments #infantry #Scots #Irish #names #RoyalMarines #pay #English #bookauction
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Gin ye'r interestit in chat aboot the Leid @illandancient.bsky.social haes stertit up a Scots Language reddit:

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Mon an jine in. The mair the merrier!

😀😀😀

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage

A slightly sepia monochrome photograph showing a view through a temporary fence to a tall mobile crane just beyond the upper stories of an ornate Victorian building. On the left side of the image another Victorian building can be glimpsed.

Dingin doon efter the lowe.

Knocking down after the fire.

#Scots #ScotsLeid #ScotsLanguage #photography #backandwhite #monochrome #crane #building #Victorian #demolition #city #urban #fence

Nigel Farage criticised for Welsh 'foreign speakers' Cameo video Reform UK's leader made the comment in a paid-for video message on the Cameo app.

#NigelFarage wedi’i feirniadu am alw pobl #Cymraeg yn 'siaradwyr tramor'
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#wales #welsh #scots #scotland #York #Leeds #Bath #Derby #Exeter #Oxford #Reading #Slough #Luton #Milton #Swindon #Taunton #Poole #Woking #Dover #Canvey #Graves #Harlow #Basildn

Old Photograph Lawn Bowling Green Tayport Fife Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of bowlers on the Lawn Bowling Green in Tayport, Fife. #Scots bowlers developed the present flat green game, established the rules and the laws tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2015/10/old-...

https://www.rawmaterialarts.com/scots SPRING TOUR 2026 Full tour dates announced: 4th March 2026 BEACON ARTS CENTRE, GREENOCK 6th-7th March 2026 DUNDEE REP 10th-11th March PERTH THEATRE 13th-14th March AYR GAIETY 18th-21th March 2026 PAVILION THEATRE, GLASGOW 31st March - 1st April 2026 EDEN COURT, INVERNESS 3rd-4th April 2026 HIS MAJESTY’S THEATRE, ABERDEEN

#ThePavillion in #Glasgow last night catching #ScotsTheMusical caught it 1st at #TheBeacons #Greenock Excellent fun with "timeline for the #Scots that nobody asked for". Lots of "I've heard it's good from so many!" on arrival. As before; #Women's role very celebrated to sincere standing ovations.

19 Mar 1566: the Scottish Privy Council summons Patrick Lindsay, 6th Lord Lindsay, amongst others to appear to answer for the murder of Riccio in front of Mary Queen of #Scots #otd He was subsequently outlawed for his failure to comply. (V&A)

A sign. Superimposed on the Palestinian flag of black, red white and green, the Scottish saltire with the words: Scotland Stands With Palestine.

Been on humanitarian missions as a surgeon many times. My injustice button glows very deeply

For a wee nation, #Scots are out there. Everywhere. Caring. Bringing hope. Helping those through no fault of their own, who need it, desperately

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 we treat everyone like their oor weans
Alba. Brill

Labour councillor claims Edinburgh 'does not have a regional accent' The comment arose during a conversation about AI systems being piloted by the council

Source: STV News
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Umm, I know a few folk from Edinburgh who have moved to Fife and they do have an accent! 😒 If anything, Glaswegians (and folk from the Central Belt) have kinda lost their Scots speaking identity.
#scotsleid #scots #edinburgh #scotland #language

Current read: Scottish Folk Tales, Tonight's tale: Gold Tree and Silver Tree.

LSS... A polyamous snow white with a magic trout, the hearts of he goats and "best friends"

I didn't know this one as a kid 😲

#Alba #Scots #Celtic #FolkTales #Reader #QueerLit

Tour Scotland Travel Video Clan MacDonald of Sleat Castle Isle Of Skye Inner Hebrides

Tour #Scotland aerial travel photograph and video Blog of the #Clan #MacDonald of #Sleat castle on #ancestry, #genealogy, #history visit and trip to the coast of #Trotternish, #Isle Of #Skye. One of the largest #Scots clans tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/01/tour...

Old Photograph Slitrig Crescent Hawick Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of houses on Slitrig Crescent by Slitrig Water in #Hawick, #Borders. Slitrig Water, in old #Scots: Slitterick Watter, is a tributary of River Teviot tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2019/03/old-...

Old Photograph Fishers Brae Coldingham Scotland

Old Tour #Scotland #Ancestry Travel Visit #Genealogy #Scottish Family #History Blog #photography of cottages, houses and people on Fishers Brae in Coldingham. The brae #Scots for hillside was the essential route for fishermen carrying creels tour-scotland-photographs.blogspot.com/2016/06/old-...