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Place-Names in and Around the Fleet Valley ==== D ==== Daffin Daffin Is a Farm at the Head of the Cleugh of Doon Above Carsluith
Place-names in and around the Fleet Valley ==== D ==== Daffin Daffin is a farm at the head of the Cleugh of Doon above Carsluith. There is a Daffin Tree marked on the 1st edition OS map at Killochy in Balmaclellan parish, and Daffin Hill in this location on current OS maps, across the Dee from Kenmure Castle; Castle Daffin is a hill in Parton parish and a house by Auchencairn. This is likely to be Gaelic *Dà pheiginn ‘two pennylands’. Peighinn is ‘a penny’, but in place-names it refers to a unit of land, based on yield rather than area. It probably originated in the Gaelic-Norse context of Argyll and the southern Hebrides, and was introduced into the south-west by the Gall- Ghàidheil (see Ardwell above). It occurs in place-names in Galloway and, especially, Carrick as ‘Pin- ‘ as first element, ‘-fin’ with ‘softened ‘ph’ after a numeral or other pre-positioned adjective. Originally a pennyland was a relatively small division of a davoch (dabhach, see Cullendoch above), but in the south-west places whose names contain this element appear in mediaeval records as holdings of relatively substantial landowners, comprising good extents of pasture, meadow and woodland as well as the arable core, and yielding much higher taxes than the pennylands further north. Indeed, peighinn may have come to be used more generally in the region for a fairly substantial estate without implying a specific valuation. *Dà pheiginn ‘two pennylands’ would, then, have been a large and productive landholding. However, a Scots origin is also possible, or if the origin was Gaelic, reinterpretation by Scots speakers is possible: daffin or daffen is a Scots word for ‘daffodil’, but as a verb, daffin(g) is ‘playing daft, larking about’. -
CYCLING Stewartry
CYCLING in and around Stewartry The natural place to cycle See also:- - Cycling Signposted Routes in Dumfries and Galloway - Sustrans Maps www.sustrans.org.uk - The National Byway Map www.thenationalbyway.org.uk Particular thanks to John Taylor CTC for route and text contributions and for photographs. Photographs also by Alan Devlin and Dumfries and Galloway Tourist Board This publication has been, designed and funded by a partnership of: Supported by Solway Heritage through the Landfill Tax Credit Scheme A Message from the Health Improvement Group Cycling can seriously improve your health & happiness. Enjoy! CYCLING IN STEWARTRY This booklet is one of a series of four covering the whole of Dumfries & Galloway that suggest a variety of cycle tours for visitors and locals of all abilities. Local cycling enthusiasts, using their knowledge of the quieter roads, cycle routes and byways, have researched the routes to provide an interesting and rewarding taste of the region. A note of distance, time, terrain and facilities is given at the start of each route. All start points offer parking, toilets, snack places and accommodation. Some routes include stretches off-tarmac and this is indicated at the start of the route. Parking discs are required for some car parks and these are available at Tourist Information Centres and in local shops. Stewartry is part of the old province of Galloway. In those centuries when the easiest way to travel any distance was by sea, it held a strategic place on the west coast, Irish and Isle of Man routes. This explains the many archaeological remains near the coast. -
Wildlife Review Cover Image: Hedgehog by Keith Kirk
Dumfries & Galloway Wildlife Review Cover Image: Hedgehog by Keith Kirk. Keith is a former Dumfries & Galloway Council ranger and now helps to run Nocturnal Wildlife Tours based in Castle Douglas. The tours use a specially prepared night tours vehicle, complete with external mounted thermal camera and internal viewing screens. Each participant also has their own state- of-the-art thermal imaging device to use for the duration of the tour. This allows participants to detect animals as small as rabbits at up to 300 metres away or get close enough to see Badgers and Roe Deer going about their nightly routine without them knowing you’re there. For further information visit www.wildlifetours.co.uk email [email protected] or telephone 07483 131791 Contributing photographers p2 Small White butterfly © Ian Findlay, p4 Colvend coast ©Mark Pollitt, p5 Bittersweet © northeastwildlife.co.uk, Wildflower grassland ©Mark Pollitt, p6 Oblong Woodsia planting © National Trust for Scotland, Oblong Woodsia © Chris Miles, p8 Birdwatching © castigatio/Shutterstock, p9 Hedgehog in grass © northeastwildlife.co.uk, Hedgehog in leaves © Mark Bridger/Shutterstock, Hedgehog dropping © northeastwildlife.co.uk, p10 Cetacean watch at Mull of Galloway © DGERC, p11 Common Carder Bee © Bob Fitzsimmons, p12 Black Grouse confrontation © Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock, p13 Black Grouse male ©Sergey Uryadnikov/Shutterstock, Female Black Grouse in flight © northeastwildlife.co.uk, Common Pipistrelle bat © Steven Farhall/ Shutterstock, p14 White Ermine © Mark Pollitt, -
Scotland's Storybook 2 Download
Scotland’s Storybook A magical collection of Scottish tales, legends, folk and fairy stories for all of Scotland’s children, young people and big folk. Wondrous tales and translations by Scottish storytellers Tom Muir and Martin MacIntyre with new illustrations by artist Kate Leiper. With special thanks to Dr Donald Smith and all at the Scottish Storytelling Centre in Edinburgh. www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk Tom Muir http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/directory/Tellerview.asp?key=153 Martin MacIntyre http://www.scottishstorytellingcentre.co.uk/directory/Tellerview.asp?key=54 Kate Leiper - http://www.kateleiper.co.uk www.LTScotland.org.uk/scotlandsstories © 2010. All stories, translations and original artworks are copyright their respective authors and artists. They may be freely used within schools and early years centres in Scotland. Rights of reproduction for commercial purposes are strictly not permitted without prior written permission from copyright holders. 2 Contents FIONN MAC CUMHAIL AND THE SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE 4 OISÍN AND TIR NA N-OG 7 KING DAVID AND THE STAG 15 KING ARTHUR AND THE LADY OF THE LAKE 17 ANGUS AND BRIDE 20 ST COLUMBA AND ST MAGNUS 25 THOMAS THE RHYMER 29 DEIRDRE OF THE SORROWS 33 THE WEE BANNOCK 41 RASHIE COAT 45 WHUPPITY STOORIE 51 AULD CROOVIE 55 THE SELKIE HUNTER 60 ASSIPATTLE AND THE STOOR WORM 65 MALLIE AND THE TROW 72 THE LITTLE BROWN CALF 76 THE SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE 84 MACCODRAM AND HIS SEAL-WIFE 86 3 FIONN MAC CUMHAIL AND THE SALMON OF KNOWLEDGE The Story of Fionn Mac Cumhail comes from Ireland, but his tales are well known throughout the West Coast and Highlands of Scotland where he is known as Finn Mac Cool. -
Hornpipes, Jigs, Strathspeys, and Reels Are Different Types of Celtic Dances
Hornpipes, Jigs, Strathspeys, and Reels are different types of Celtic dances. Piobaireachd is an ancient and poetic style of music that is best played for somber occasions. Name Type Hark! The Herald Angels Sing Christmas Here We Come A Wassailing Christmas I Saw Three Ships Christmas Jingle Bells Christmas Little Drummer Boy Christmas O Come All Ye Faithful Christmas Joy to The World Christmas We Wish You a Merry Christmas Christmas Alex and Hector Hornpipe Ballachulish Walkabout, The Hornpipe Crossing the Minch Hornpipe Jolly Beggarman, The Hornpipe Papas Fritas Hornpipe Rathven Market Hornpipe Redondo Beach Hornpipe Sailor's Hornpipe, The Hornpipe Streaker, The Hornpipe Walrus, The Hornpipe Alan MacPherson of Mosspark Jig Banjo Breakdown, The Jig Blue Cloud, The Jig Brest St. Marc (The Thunderhead) Jig Cork Hill Jig Ellis Kelly's Delight Jig Glasgow City Police Pipers, The Jig Gold Ring, The Jig Honey in the Bag Jig Irish Washerwoman, The Jig Judge's Delimma, The Jig Paddy's Leather Breeches Jig Paddy's Leather Breeches (D. Johnstone setting) Jig Patrick's Romp Jig Phat John Jig Scotland the Brave Jig Wee Buns Jig 79th's Farewell to Gibraltar March All the Blue Bonnets are Over the Border March Argylls Crossing the River Po March Arthur Bignold of Lochrosque March Atholl Highlanders March Balmoral Highlanders March Barren Rocks of Aden, The March Battle of the Somme March Battle of Waterloo March Bonnie Charlie March Bonny Dundee March Brown Haired Maiden, The March Cabar Feidh March Castle Dangerous March Cullen Bay March Farewell -
Folklore, Folk Belief, and the Selkie
Supernatural Beings in the Far North: Folklore, Folk Belief, and The Selkie NANCY CASSELL MCENTIRE Within the world of folklore, stories of people turning into animals are well known. Either by accident or by design, a person may become a malevolent wolf, a swan, a helpful bird, a magic seal, a dog, a cat. Sometimes these stories are presented as folktales, part of a fictitious, make-believe world. Other times they are presented as legends, grounded in a narrator’s credibility and connected to everyday life. They may be sung as ballads or their core truths may be implied in a familiar proverb. They also affect human behavior as folk belief. Occasionally, sympathetic magic is involved: the human imagination infers a permanent and contiguous relationship between items that once were either in contact or were parts of a whole that later became separated or transformed. A narrative found in Ireland, England, and North America depicts a man who spends a night in a haunted mill, where he struggles with a cat and cuts off the cat’s paw. In the morning, the wife of a local villager has lost her hand (Baughman: 99; Disenchantment / Motif no. D702.1.1). France, French-speaking Canada and French-speaking Louisiana have stories of the loup-garou, a shape- shifter who is a person trapped in the body of an animal. One might suspect that he or she has encountered a loup-garou if that the animal is unusually annoying, provoking anger and hostile action. One penetrating cut will break the spell that has kept it trapped in animal form. -
Folklore Creatures BANSHEE: Scotland and Ireland
Folklore creatures BANSHEE: Scotland and ireland • Known as CAOINEAG (wailing woman) • Foretells DEATH, known as messenger from Otherworld • Begins to wail if someone is about to die • In Scottish Gaelic mythology, she is known as the bean sìth or bean-nighe and is seen washing the bloodstained clothes or armor of those who are about to die BANSHEE Doppelganger: GERMANY • Look-alike or double of a living person • Omen of bad luck to come Doppelganger Goblin: France • An evil or mischievous creature, often depicted in a grotesque manner • Known to be playful, but also evil and their tricks could seriously harm people • Greedy and love money and wealth Goblin Black Dog: British Isles • A nocturnal apparition, often said to be associated with the Devil or a Hellhound, regarded as a portent of death, found in deserted roads • It is generally supposed to be larger than a normal dog, and often has large, glowing eyes, moves in silence • Causes despair to those who see it… Black Dog Sea Witch: Great Britain • Phantom or ghost of the dead • Has supernatural powers to control fate of men and their ships at sea (likes to dash ships upon the rocks) The Lay Of The Sea Witch In the waters darkness hides Sea Witch Beneath sky and sun and golden tides In the cold water it abides Above, below, and on all sides In the Shadows she lives Without love or life to give Her heart is withered, black, dried And in the blackness she forever hides Her hair is dark, her skin is silver At her dangerous beauty men shiver But her tongue is sharp as a sliver And at -
Conservation of Salmon – Assessment for the 2020 Season – Proposed Gradings
Conservation of Salmon – Assessment for the 2020 season – Proposed gradings 2017 2018 2019 District River Name Outflow point 2020 Change 3 3 3 Add River Add NR 8049 9248 3 3 3 3 Ailort (Aylort) River Ailort NM 7649 8202 3 3 3 3 Aline River Aline NM 6976 4751 3 1 3 1 Alness Alness River NH 6586 6803 2 ▼ 3 3 3 Balnagowan River NH 7797 7299 3 1 3 3 River Glass NH 6278 6561 3 3 3 3 Annan River Annan NY 1904 6454 3 3 3 3 Applecross River Applecross NG 7146 4548 3 2 3 3 Arnisdale River Arnisdale NG 8499 0935 3 3 3 3 Awe River Awe NN 0127 3273 3 2 3 3 River Etive NN 1162 4537 3 2 3 2 Ayr River Ayr NS 3282 2274 3 ▼ 3 3 3 Baa Coladoir and Leidle Coladoir River NM 5421 2886 3 Leidle River NM 5187 2644 1 1 1 River Ba NM 5372 4109 1 3 3 3 River Bellart NM 4299 5175 3 1 3 1 Badachro Kerry and Badachro Badachro River NG 7826 7375 2 ▼ group River Kerry NG 8122 7388 2 3 2 Balgay Balgy River NG 8476 5465 2 2 3 1 Beauly River Beauly NH 5537 4816 1 1 3 1 Berriedale Berriedale and Langwell Waters SAC ND 1202 2248 2 ▼ 3 3 3 Bervie Bervie Water NO 8356 7253 3 2 3 3 Bladnoch (Bladenoch) River Bladnoch SAC NX 4407 5482 3 3 3 2 Broom River Broom NH 1765 8511 2 1 3 1 Brora River Brora NC 9099 0384 1 3 3 3 River Loth NC 9537 0980 3 3 3 3 Carradale Carradale Water NR 8023 3722 3 2 3 3 Glenlussa Water NR 7652 2552 3 2 3 2 Carron River Carron (Strathcarron) NG 9339 4138 2 1 Conservation of Salmon – Assessment for the 2020 season – Proposed gradings 2017 2018 2019 District River Name Outflow point 2020 Change 3 3 3 Clayburn East Harris Abhainn Leac a' Li NG 1256 9290 -
Celebrating Duke Ellington
Thursday–Saturday Evening, April 25 –27, 2013, at 8:00 Saturday Afternoon, April 27, 2013, at 2:00 Wynton Marsalis, Managing & Artistic Director Greg Scholl, Executive Director Bloomberg is the Lead Corporate Sponsor of this performance. CELEBRATING DUKE ELLINGTON JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER ORCHESTRA WYNTON MARSALIS, Music Director, Trumpet RYAN KISOR, Trumpet KENNY RAMPTON, Trumpet MARCUS PRINTUP, Trumpet VINCENT GARDNER, Trombone CHRIS CRENSHAW, Trombone ELLIOT MASON, Trombone SHERMAN IRBY, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet TED NASH, Alto Saxophone, Clarinet VICTOR GOINES, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet WALTER BLANDING, Tenor Saxophone, Clarinet JOE TEMPERLEY, Baritone Saxophone, Bass Clarinet JAMES CHIRILLO, Guitar and Banjo DAN NIMMER, Piano CARLOS HENRIQUEZ, Bass ALI JACKSON, Drums Selections will be announced from the stage. There will be a 20-minute intermission for the evening performances. Please turn off your cell phones and other electronic devices. Jazz at Lincoln Center thanks its season sponsors: Bloomberg, Brooks Brothers, The Coca-Cola Company, Con Edison, Entergy, HSBC Bank, Qatar Airways, The Shops at Columbus Circle at Time Warner Center, and SiriusXM. MasterCard ® is the Preferred Card of Jazz at Lincoln Center. Qatar Airways is a Premier Sponsor and Official Airline Partner of Jazz at Lincoln Center. This concert is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. ROSE THEATER JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER’S FREDERICK P. ROSE HALL jalc.org PROGRAM JAZZ AT LINCOLN CENTER 25TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON HONORS Since Jazz at Lincoln Center’s inception on August 3, 1987, when Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts initiated a three-performance summertime series called “Classical Jazz,” the organization has been steadfast in its commitment to broadening and deepening the public’s awareness of and participation in jazz. -
25 Years of Keeping Jazz Alive
April 2011 Vol. 26 No. 3 www.wmichjazz.org An All-Volunteer orgAnizAtion Retrospective 25 Years of Keeping Jazz Alive Wmjs: 1986 - 2011 Beginnings By Betty Forrest Quite often a good Nancy Gould, Kathi Swets, program, an orga- and Bob & Ginny Taylor. nization, or even a By April the first edition business, is developed of Jazz Notes was mailed to out of what was es- 40 people and our first public sentially one person’s meeting/gig was held at the individual, even self- former Pockett’s Club where ish, motive. Mine was one of our founding members, to establish a support Bruce Early, was appearing group to help promote with his big band (which has an annual Jimmy now evolved into the Grand Forrest Scholarship Rapids Jazz Orchestra). Mem- Fund concert. After bership rose to nearly 100 at Jimmy’s death in Au- a June jazz party held at the gust 1980, I had estab- home of Jim and Nancy lished a fund through Gould (Jim was drafted to GRJC to award mon- be our first President), and we ies to students major- felt we were off and running. ing in jazz studies by By the end of 1986, when we presenting an annual had our first annual holiday concert featuring pop- party, we had written by-laws, ular jazz stars that he established our non-profit had known or played Jimmy Forrest status, had money in the bank, with during his own 40-year career on tenor saxophone. and a membership of nearly 150! We call these our Charter Successful concerts were given each of the following five Members, and of these, 90 were still with us nearly 10 years years, with the Count Basie Orchestra appearing on later. -
Tunes 2001 Liner Notes
Tunes 2001: 65 tunes from Laura Risk Extended liner notes Note: these liner notes were written in 2001, when cassette tapes were still in everyday use! After making (at a rough count) close to a hundred copies of various repertoire tapes for my students over the last few years, only to find that the tapes were plagued with distortion and would often play back at the wrong pitch, I decided to join the Information Age and make these CDs. How did I choose these particular tunes? This is a teaching CD, so I picked the tunes I like to teach. These tunes are memorable, fun to learn, fun to play, and for the most part, well- known in the greater world of fiddling. Many of them offer a particular technical or stylistic challenge. Many of them are particularly well-suited to beginning-level fidders. On these CDs, I play each tune fast and then slow (unless it's a slow air -- then I just play it slow). These CDs are meant to be used in conjunction with private or group lessons, so I haven't provided much commentary. Here's an example of what you'll find in these notes: 5-6 Soldier's Joy 5-6 means that this tune, Soldier's Joy, is on tracks 5-6 of the CD. On track 5, I play the tune at tempo. On track 6, I play it slow. D major reel; Shetland/Scotland/New England 'D major reel' means that this tune is a reel in the key of D major. -
On the Trail of Scotlands Myths and Legends Free
FREE ON THE TRAIL OF SCOTLANDS MYTHS AND LEGENDS PDF Stuart McHardy | 152 pages | 01 Apr 2005 | LUATH PRESS LTD | 9781842820490 | English | Edinburgh, United Kingdom Myths and legends play a major role in Scotland's culture and history. From before the dawn of history, the early ancestors of the people we now know as the Scots, built impressive monuments which have caught the imagination of those who have followed in their wake. Stone circles, chambered cairns, brochs and vitrified forts stir within us something primeval and stories have been born from their mystical qualities. Scottish myths and legends have drawn their inspiration from many sources. Every land has its tales of dragons, but Scotland is an island country, bound to the sea. Cierein Croin, a gigantic sea serpent is said to be the largest creature ever. Yes, Nessie is classified as a dragon although she may be a member of that legendary species, the each-uisge or water horse. However, the cryptozoologists will swear that she is a leftover plesiosaurus. The Dalriadan Scots shared more than the Gaelic tongue with their trading partners in Ireland. They were great storytellers and had a culture rich in tales of heroes and mythical creatures. Many of the similarities between Irish and Scottish folklore can be accounted for by their common Celtic roots. Tales of Finn On the Trail of Scotlands Myths and Legends Cumhall and his warrior band, the Fianna are as commonplace on the Hebrides as in Ireland. Many of the myths centre around the cycle of nature and the passing of the seasons with the battle between light and darkness, summer and winter.