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THE BOOK: "Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover" & Other West
Highland Chronicles Eric Cregeen's groundbreaking research into the
Argyll Estate Papers and into the oral tradition of the Scottish
West Highlands are at the heart of this collection. During his
appointment at the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish
Studies, Cregeen tape-recorded tradition bearers in both Gaelic and
English, gathering information that is today priceless, such as the
descriptions of the last Argyll drover. He was a founding member of
the Scottish Oral History movement, but his tragically early death
in 1983 robbed Scotland of a great scholar, social historian and
folklorist and of other proposed books. This collection, selected
and edited by Dr Margaret Bennett, will be welcomed by a wide range
of readers, especially those who share Cregeen's enthusiasm for
'approaching the history of the Highlands with a mind alert to the
claims of oral tradition.' The book begins with a masterful
introductory essay by the editor and also includes a comprehensive
bibliography of Cregeen's work. This edition brings invaluable and
beautifully written material to a new generation keen to reconnect
with Scotland's Highland history and tradition.
This book on the Isle of Lewis covers a wide variety of subjects
and events from prehistoric times through the Norse period, the
clan feuds and the various proprietorships up until the present
day, with every aspect of life carefully examined.
From early childhood Beatrix Potter loved Perthshire as her father,
Rupert Potter, rented Dalguise House every summer from 1871 to
1881. Highland Perthshire, with its exceptional natural beauty, was
not only an idyllic setting for a child drawn to nature but also,
in those days, was part of Gaeldom. English had become the language
of commerce, but Gaelic was spoken among country folk and gentry
alike. Queen Victoria advised the Murrays of Atholl to keep a
Gaelic-speaking nursemaid in Blair Castle when she and Prince
Albert first visited. They so loved the culture that Queen Victoria
appointed a Gaelic bard to translate her Leaves from the Journal of
a Life in the Highlands, from 1848-1861. The Scottish Highlands has
long been the subject of writers and bards including one of
Europe's most celebrated, Duncan MacIntyre, (1724 - 1812). His Oran
an t- Samhraidh (Song of Summer) details over forty species of
flora, many of which feature in The Tale of Peter Rabbit. In 1892,
while holidaying in Dunkeld, Beatrix Potter wrote her first draft
of Peter Rabbit. Not surprisingly, Mr McGregor appears, as
Perthshire is home of the ancient Clan Gregor.Now, at last,
Gaelic-speaking children may be delight by reading the original
collection of Peter Rabbit Books.
Sgeulachd Pheadair Rabaid Gaelic Translation of The Tale of the
Peter Rabbit, published in 1902. While holidaying in Dunkeld,
Beatrix Potter wrote her first draft of Peter Rabbit. Not
surprisingly, Mr McGregor appears, as Perthshire is home of the
ancient Clan Gregor. Now, at last, Gaelic-speaking children may
delight in Tales of Peter Rabbit, family and friends.
Dundee Street Songs,Rhymes and Games: The William Montgomerie
Collection, 1952 - In 1952 when these songs and rhymes were
recorded in Hilltown, Dundee there may not have been a street or
playground anywhere where the sound of children singing and playing
was part of everyday life. Although there had been Scottish
collectors of 'bairn sangs' since the 1820s, it was not until the
1940s that anyone in Scotland audio-recorded the actual sound of
playground voices. These recordings of school children captured the
vitality of the local dialect, the spontaneity of their
language-use outside the classroom, their repertoire of songs,
rhymes and games, their musicality , as well as the sounds that
echo the speed and accuracy of their hand-eye co-ordination. (Audio
links included in the notes).
They Taught Us Skills for Life: We are the Engineers! Scotland's
labour history has been the subject of many important studies,
surveys, articles and books. Some of those published represent the
invaluable collection of local groups and amateur historians, while
others have been, and are, produced by academics and labour
officials. The general expectation, even in Scotland, is that these
works should be written in Standard English, regardless of the
everyday speech of the workforce. For this publication, however, it
seemed more important to transcribe, as recorded, the voices of
folk whose vitality of language and expression gives a brighter
reflection of their experiences during work and leisure.This book
has grown out of an oral history project, 'The End of the Shift',
which aims to record the working practices and conditions of
skilled workers in Scotland's past industries. Publicity about the
project caught the interest of a group of retired engineers, who
had all served apprenticeships with a prestigious Kirkcaldy firm,
Melville-Brodie Engineering Company.Having lived through times when
Scotland seemed blighted by industrial closures, the engineers
could identify with 'the end of the shift' as they had experienced
the effect of closing down Melville-Brodie Engineering Company. The
entire workforce was dispersed, and with it, the skills, expertise
and wisdom of generations. Kirkcaldy also lost a company that had
been the pride of Scottish engineering.Over the years, as the
retired engineers reflected on the radical changes that have taken
place since their 'second to none' training, they began to realise
the importance of recording knowledge and skills for posterity.
They also wanted to remember the firm that trained them, and so
they planned a memorial to be erected on the site of
Melville-Brodie Engineering works. It was to be designed and made
by the men themselves, and in May 2014,the group had the
satisfaction of seeing the plaque unveiled by Mrs June Shanks,
daughter of the celebrated engineer, Robert Burt Brodie. Standing
beside her were the two oldest Melville- Brodie 'boys' (aged 94 and
89), Bob Thomson and Willie Black, and the Secretary of the
Melville-Brodie Retired Engineers' Club, Dougie Reid.Councillor for
Kirkcaldy East, Kay Carrington, who supported the project,
represented Fife Council as she addressed the audience and the
media:This is a really exciting project because it shows our past
history, how we made a difference, not just in Kirkcaldy, but in
the wider world. Melville-Brodie engineers did everything that
we're proud of in Scotland. We need to keep the story alive to
enable us to take that forward to children and grandchildren in the
future.
Nell Hannah was born in rural Aberdeenshire in 1920 and grew in
Turriff, where her family scraped a meagre living as domestic and
farm servants. After the outbreak of World War Two, Nell and her
sister Margaret moved with their mother to Perthshire, where all
three got jobs at the Stanley Mill. At the time, it was running
full tilt to produce webbing for military requirements and despite
long hours and austere conditions; Nell recalls her years as a mill
lassie as being memorably happy. In conversation with folklorist
Margaret Bennett and long-time friend and fellow-singer, Doris
Rougvie, Nell shares a life-time of reminiscences and songs. In
recalling the hey-day of an industry that shut down in the 1980s,
she constructs an oral history of life in war-time Perthshire.
Then, following life's paths with its twists and turns, Nell tells
how, at the age of sixty-nine, she discovered her gift of singing
and entertaining. Having made her first recording, a cassette, at
the age of seventy, and her fifth, a CD, at the age of 90, Nell can
hold an audience in the palm of her hand.
Jerome Just one more Song! A Local, Social & Political History
in the Repertoire of a Newfoundland-Irish Singer. This timeless
Songs collection, recorded in Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, 1980 by
folklorists Kenneth S. Goldstein and Margaret Bennett , is a
tribute to singer Jerome Downey. This is not only a song book but
is a Local, Social & Political History of Newfoundland's Codroy
Valley. To appreciate the way of life in any part of Newfoundland,
the reader should bear in mind that, until 1949, Canada was another
country. Anyone born before that year, is, first and foremost, a
Newfoundlander, belonging to a unique island with a long history -
it has the distinction of being Britain's oldest colony. Given that
Canada's newest province was less than twenty years old when
Bennett first went there, it was very common to hear folk explain,
'I'm not a Canadian, I'm a Newfoundlander.' Thus, to understand the
social, cultural and historical context of a song, it is essential
to appreciate where it comes from, and especially to acknowledge
the people who compose and sing the song. 'If there is no land or
work, there are no people, no livelihood, no stories, no music, no
songs...' (Gavin Sprott) In the Codroy Valley, the folk who have
worked on the land or fished the rivers and coastal waters for
nearly two centuries are a mix of Irish, English, Scottish Gaels,
French and Mi'kmaq. For as long as anyone remembers, they have
enjoyed getting together for 'a few tunes', songs, yarns and a cup
of tea. The kettle is always on the stove and, more often than not,
a few glasses appear from the cupboard and make their way to the
kitchen table- they need no excuse for a ceilidh or a kitchen
party, with accordions, bagpipes, fiddles, guitars, spoons and
mandolins as well as songs that would lift the heaviest heart. To
Jerome and his people, songs and music are way of life. Kenneth S.
Goldstein; Margaret Bennett; Newfoundland Folklore Collection;
songs of the Codroy Valley; Jerome Downey; Newfoundland-Irish
Singer; Newfoundland Irish Folklore; Anthropology; the onset and
progression of Alzheimer.
THE BOOK: "Recollections of an Argyllshire Drover" & Other West
Highland Chronicles Eric Cregeen's groundbreaking research into the
Argyll Estate Papers and into the oral tradition of the Scottish
West Highlands are at the heart of this collection. During his
appointment at the University of Edinburgh's School of Scottish
Studies, Cregeen tape-recorded tradition bearers in both Gaelic and
English, gathering information that is today priceless, such as the
descriptions of the last Argyll drover. He was a founding member of
the Scottish Oral History movement, but his tragically early death
in 1983 robbed Scotland of a great scholar, social historian and
folklorist and of other proposed books. This collection, selected
and edited by Dr Margaret Bennett, will be welcomed by a wide range
of readers, especially those who share Cregeen's enthusiasm for
'approaching the history of the Highlands with a mind alert to the
claims of oral tradition.' The book begins with a masterful
introductory essay by the editor and also includes a comprehensive
bibliography of Cregeen's work. This edition brings invaluable and
beautifully written material to a new generation keen to reconnect
with Scotland's Highland history and tradition.
THE BOOK 'In our Day...' Life in the glens and villages of
Perthshire is viewed through the eyes of shepherds, farmers,
crofters, estate workers, housewives, gardeners, professionals,
trades-people and children. They all share reminiscences, stories,
games, sayings and rhymes in Scots and Gaelic, which have been
recorded for this book. Excerpts of transcriptions have been woven
together by folklorist Margaret Bennett who also draws strands from
writt en records. Perthshire singer and tradition-bearer Doris
Rougvie has also illustrated the book, which concludes with a
selection of Perthshire songs. Along with several friends, Doris
and Margaret have recorded all the songs, available on a CD from
Grace Note Publications or on downloads at
www.gracenotepublications.co.uk
Jerome Just one more Song! A Local, Social & Political History
in the Repertoire of a Newfoundland-Irish Singer. This timeless
Songs collection, recorded in Codroy Valley, Newfoundland, 1980 by
folklorists Kenneth S. Goldstein and Margaret Bennett , is a
tribute to singer Jerome Downey. This is not only a song book but
is a Local, Social & Political History of Newfoundland's Codroy
Valley. To appreciate the way of life in any part of Newfoundland,
the reader should bear in mind that, until 1949, Canada was another
country. Anyone born before that year, is, first and foremost, a
Newfoundlander, belonging to a unique island with a long history -
it has the distinction of being Britain's oldest colony. Given that
Canada's newest province was less than twenty years old when
Bennett first went there, it was very common to hear folk explain,
'I'm not a Canadian, I'm a Newfoundlander.' Thus, to understand the
social, cultural and historical context of a song, it is essential
to appreciate where it comes from, and especially to acknowledge
the people who compose and sing the song. 'If there is no land or
work, there are no people, no livelihood, no stories, no music, no
songs - ' (Gavin Sprott) In the Codroy Valley, the folk who have
worked on the land or fished the rivers and coastal waters for
nearly two centuries are a mix of Irish, English, Scottish Gaels,
French and Mi'kmaq. For as long as anyone remembers, they have
enjoyed getting together for 'a few tunes', songs, yarns and a cup
of tea. The kettle is always on the stove and, more often than not,
a few glasses appear from the cupboard and make their way to the
kitchen table - they need no excuse for a ceilidh or a kitchen
party, with accordions, bagpipes, fiddles, guitars, spoons and
mandolins as well as songs that would lift the heaviest heart. To
Jerome and his people, songs and music are way of life. THE PITCH
Kenneth S. Goldstein and Margaret Bennett Folklore Collection.
Margaret Bennett's third book about songs of the Codroy Valley,
Newfoundland A lasting tribute the the remarkable Jerome Downey,
singer, farmer and woodsman of the Codroy Valley. Jerome Just one
more Song! Local, Social & Political History in the Repertoire
of a Newfoundland-Irish Singer Academic fields likely to be
interested in using this publication? Folklore Anthropology
Medicine, in the field of mental health (particularly pertaining to
memory, the retention and/or loss of memory, the onset and
progression of Alzheimer's disease Countries in which academics are
likely to be interested in this publication? Canada, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, USA, Australia (English language countries)
BORNE ON THE CARRYING STREAM -THE LEGACY OF HAMISH HENDERSON HAMISH
HENDERSON poet, soldier, scholar, folklorist, song-maker and
political activist Eighteen essays engaging with aspects of Hamish
Henderson's remarkable contribution to contemporary Scottish
culture-- from song-writing and song-collecting to poetry and
politics. Contributors: Margaret Bennett, Eberhard Bort, Steve
Byrne, Corey Gibson, Rob Gibson, George Gunn, Joy Hendry, Tom
Hubbard, Geordie McIntyre, Brian McNeill, Ewan McVicar, Pino Mereu,
Timothy Neat, Tessa Ransford, Mario Relich, Donald Smith, Sheila
Stewart, Gary West. Edinburgh Folk Club's annual Carrying Stream
Festival celebrates the life and legacy of Hamish Henderson. A
selection of the Festival's Hamish Henderson Lectures, together
with the other contributions, paint a fascinating picture of this
multi-facett ed Scot--the 'father of the Scott ish Folk Revival'.
(www.carryingstreamfestival.co.uk)
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