Category Archives: Folklore

Tamborine Mountain: An Australian lesson for Scotland?

Roddy Maclean argues that the botanical knowledge and heritage of the Gaels should be more widely celebrated in Scotland’s botanic gardens. Continue reading

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Tamborine Mountain: Leasan do dh’Alba ann an Astràilia?

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain ag ràdh gum bu chòir barrachd aire a thoirt do dh’eòlas nan Gàidheal air lusan ann an gàrraidhean poblach na h-Alba. Continue reading

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Places where the Stags Roar

Roddy Maclean looks at places on our maps named for the bellowing of stags during the rut. Continue reading

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Far an Cluinnear an Damh Donn

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air ainmean-àite anns a bheil na h-eileamaidean bùireadh agus bùirich. Continue reading

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‘The Life Story of the Adder’ through the Hebridean eyes of the ‘Adder King’

Roddy Maclean ‘reviews’ the remarkable 1924 publication by Lewisman Norman Morrison – in his day the foremost authority on adders. Continue reading

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‘Beatha na Nathrach-nimhe’ tro shùilean Gàidhealach ‘Rìgh nan Nathraichean’

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ dèanamh ‘lèirmheas’ air leabhar iongantach le Tormod an t-Seòladair à Siabost, a bha na latha na phrìomh eòlaiche air an nathair-nimhe. Continue reading

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Wild Boars of Gaelic Legend

Roddy Maclean explores the presence of the wild boar in the Gaelic landscape Continue reading

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Tuirc nan Sgeulachdan air Aghaidh na Tìre

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain a’ toirt sùil air an fhacal ‘torc’ ann an ainmean-àite air a’ Ghàidhealtachd Continue reading

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Watercress of the Pure Springs

Roddy Maclean tells how wild watercress is celebrated in Gaelic culture. Continue reading

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Biolair Uaine an Fhìor-uisg’

Tha Ruairidh MacIlleathain ag innse dhuinn mun ghràdh aig na Gàidheil air a’ bhiolair Continue reading

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