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Rosemary Wake
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Explorer of the lives, history and works of Scottish women who picked up the quill and ventured into print in the pre-steamtrain era
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It steppit like a stallion,
Wha’s heid hauds up a horn,
And weel the men o’ Scotland kent
It was the unicorn…

—William Soutar (1898–1943), “Birthday”
9 April is #NationalUnicornDay 🦄 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿
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Birthday William Soutar There were three men o’ Scotland Wha rade intill the nicht Wi’ nae mune lifted owre their crouns Nor onie stern for licht: Nane but the herryin’ houlet, The broun mouse, and the taed, Kent whan their horses clapper’d by And whatna road they rade. Nae man spak to his brither, Nor ruggit at the rein; But drave straucht on owre burn and brae Or half the nicht was gaen. Nae man spak to his brither, Nor lat his hand draw in; But drave straucht on owre ford and fell Or nicht was nearly düne. There cam a flaucht o’ levin That brocht nae thunner ca’ But left ahint a lanely lowe That wudna gang awa. And richt afore the horsemen, Whaur grumly nicht had been, Stude a’ the Grampian Mountains Wi’ the dark howes atween. Up craigie cleuch and corrie They rade wi’ stany soun’, And saftly thru the lichted mirk The switherin’ snaw cam doun. They gaed by birk and rowan, They gaed by pine and fir; Aye on they gaed or nocht but snaw And the roch whin was there. Nae man brac’d back the bridle Yet ilka fit stude still As thru the flichterin’ floichan-drift A beast cam doun the hill. It steppit like a stallion, Wha’s heid hauds up a horn, And weel the men o’ Scotland kent It was the unicorn. It steppit like a stallion, Snaw-white and siller-bricht, And on its back there was a bairn Wha low’d in his ain licht. And baith gaed by richt glegly As day was at the daw; And glisterin’ owre hicht and howe They saftly smool’d awa. Nae man but socht his brither And look’t him in the e’en, And sware that he wud gang a’ gates To cry what he had seen. There were three men o’ Scotland A’ frazit and forforn; But on the Grampian Mountains They saw the unicorn.
April 9, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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March 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
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I didna speak
whan it bleetert doon.
Ma man wis gey taen up wi’ getting us
sortit, an’ it wis fell lang afore we had
the bastes in an’ the fowl settled…

—Eunice Buchanan, “Wife to Noah”
from MARKINGS 30 (2010)
#InternationalWomensDay #BookwormSat
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Wife to Noah Eunice Buchanan I didna speak whan it bleetert doon. Ma man wis gey taen up wi’ getting us sortit, an’ it wis fell lang afore we had the bastes in an’ the fowl settled. I didna speak whan the watters spewed ower ma rigs o’ corn an’ doon the street intae ma hoose amangst ma rugs an’ the bonny things I had fae ma mither. I didna speak whan I heard ma frien Becca battrin at the howe o’ wir boat, her bairn in her airms, yowlin like een o’ the damned o’Hell. We had linkit doon the years fae bairnie tae wife. Ma bonny hinnie, weel-hertit Becca. I clappit ma haunds tae ma lugs an’ flung ma airms aboot ma laddies, but still I didna speak I didna speak whan the lift grew black an’ blacker an’ there wis naither muin nor sun an’ the cries that had been aa aboot us wir smoored. Nae soond on that black sea but the doonfa, the dreep, the plowt, the pish-oot o’ grey watter on grey watter. I canna speak o’ the things on the watter as the days drave on – swollen an’ blae, wi the sea-maws skirlin an’ pickin, skirlin an’ pickin. Syne whan the well-heid dried an’ the watters sank, the laund, oor bonny laund, slaich an’ slairy wi’ black glaur, an’ oorsels alane. But whan I gang the low road on the hinmaist day an’ I climb the steps for my tryst wi’ God I will look the Almichty in the face – an’ I will hae ma say.
March 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Can't believe we need to say this, but...the SNP are definitely not banning cats.
February 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Scottish author Charlotte Lennox, died #OTD in 1804. Best known for her novel The Female Quixote. From 1760 to 1761 she edited & wrote for the periodical The Lady's Museum, which included her novel Harriot & Sophia.

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January 4, 2025 at 2:22 PM
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How did i not know that the 1973 BBC adaptation of Elizabeth Taylor's 1971 novel, Mrs Palfrey At the Claremont, with Dame Celia Johnson in the title role, is on YouTube, and has been for over two years?! youtu.be/1Le2CpN5r9o?...
PLAY FOR TODAY -- Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont ( 4th Season)
YouTube video by Executive Decision
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November 26, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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The Minister said it wad dee,
the cypress buss I plantit.
But the buss grew til a tree,
naething dauntit…

—Douglas Young, “Last Lauch”
from the Edinburgh Book of Twentieth-Century Scottish Poetry, ed. Maurice Lindsay (EUP, 2019)
#NationalTreeWeek
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Last Lauch Douglas Young The Minister said it wald dee, the cypress buss I plantit. But the buss grew til a tree, naething dauntit. It’s growan stark and heich, derk and straucht and sinister, kirkyairdie-like and dreich. But whaur’s the Minister?
November 24, 2024 at 3:07 PM
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threadinburgh.scot
Today's #AuctionHouseArtefact is this 19th century Scottish pottery jug decorated with fishwives and the words "Caller Herrin" and "Caller Ou". We can tell by the distinctive clothing that these are Newhaven Fishwives; elaborately voluminous and gathered striped skirts, capes and lace-lined bonnets.
A glazed pottery jug with lavender decorations and a print showing two fishwives carrying creels, the words "Caller Herrin" below A glazed pottery jug with lavender decorations and a print showing two fishwives standing and seated behind creels, the words "Caller Ou" below
November 22, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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sallytuckett.bsky.social
Some details from the Ramsay and Fashion exhibition in Edinburgh. Beautifully iridescent pearls on three different looks.
Close up of a portrait showing a blue and white sleeve, lace collar, ribbon at the breast and pearls looped from the shoulder. Close up of a painted ribbon and pearls Close up of portrait showing a ribbon, pearls and bodice.
November 18, 2024 at 8:18 PM
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threadinburgh.scot
Regular listeners on other channels will know my favoured use of social media is a thread starting at an arbitrary point of Edinburgh or Leith local history and following it for all it is worth: the more obscure and/or amusing the better. So let's try one on Bluesky, starting with this painting 🧵▶️
A Victorian oil painting showing workers in a field, the skyline of Edinburgh is in the distance.
November 14, 2024 at 11:43 AM
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uoylibrary.bsky.social University of York Library @uoylibrary.bsky.social · Nov 13
We've written a Researcher's Guide to Bluesky!

It's a bit like all those other useful guides to Bluesky, but with several useful insights from University of York academics about using the platform, and we'd love it if it was reposted far and wide...

>> blogs.york.ac.uk/library/2024...

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The Researcher’s Guide to Bluesky – The Library, Learning, Archives and Wellbeing Blog
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November 15, 2024 at 8:25 AM