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The ceasg is a mermaid in Scottish folklore with the upper body of a beautiful woman merging with the tail of a grilse (a young salmon). [1] [2] She is also known in Scottish Gaelic as maighdean na tuinne ("maid of the wave") or maighdean mhara ("maid of the sea"). [2]
The bard's blessing (Scottish Gaelic: beannachadh-bàird) or poet's congratulation, was the custom of old in the Scottish Highlands of old, to meet the bride coming forth from her chamber with her maidens on the morning after her marriage and to salute her with a poetical blessing called beannachadh-bàird.
In Scottish Gaelic, ban-sìth(e) also occurs as bean-shìth(e). Both are correct. Sìth in Scottish Gaelic (síd in Old Irish, also means 'peace'), and the fairies are referred to as the daoine-sìth (Irish: daoine sídhe), the 'people of peace'. Sídhe, in its variant spellings, refers to the sídhe (mounds) where these beings dwell.
Mary MacDonald (Màiri Dhòmhnallach in Scottish Gaelic) (1789–1872) was a Gaelic poet and hymn writer who lived on the island of Mull, Scotland.Her best known poem is "Leanabh an Àigh", translated as "Child in Manger"; [1] it was set to a traditional Scottish tune, "Bunessan", named after her home village, where there is a memorial for her.
Glasgow Gaelic is an emerging dialect, described as "Gaelic with a Glasgow accent", [2] of Standard Scottish Gaelic. [3] It is spoken by about 10% of Scottish Gaelic speakers, making it the most spoken Dialect outside of the Highlands .
Ross was born at Broadford, Isle of Skye, as the son of a travelling peddler. [8] His mother was the daughter of John Mackay, Gaelic poet and bagpiper to the Tacksman of Clan Mackenzie of Gairloch and who, blind from the age of seven due to smallpox, is now known as "The Blind Piper" (Scottish Gaelic: Am Pìobaire Dall).
The National Records of Scotland reports that the Scottish population in the year up to mid-2023 rose to 5,490,100. This is 43,100 people more than in the middle of 2022. This is 43,100 people ...
Cairn Capercaillie Claymore Trousers Bard [1] The word's earliest appearance in English is in 15th century Scotland with the meaning "vagabond minstrel".The modern literary meaning, which began in the 17th century, is heavily influenced by the presence of the word in ancient Greek (bardos) and ancient Latin (bardus) writings (e.g. used by the poet Lucan, 1st century AD), which in turn took the ...