Dear Lady Catte McGuffee, "The classic peasant blouse with plaid overskirt and corset," may indeed be correct. BUT if you are looking at the SCA you should be ...
... The top/skirt/corset combo is indeed way off for that early in the 1300s. You're looking at things more like cotehardies and sideless surcoats in England...
Does anyone know how to say, "You're safe now," in Gaelic? Thank you in advance. Diana Cosby -- 2005 Fool For Love Finalist www.dianacosby.com Romance Edged...
Gaelic is not always straightford in such statements. I'm assuming that you mean that to be stated with emphasis, which determines word choice and order. 'S e...
... Note that this is modern Scottish Gaelic -- circa 1300 (which if I recall correctly is your period of interest) it would have been at least slightly ...
And regardless of the spelling, an equally important question would be the pronounciation which is different as to place and time. Words are pronounced ...
Matthew and all, I apologize for asking a question out of your time, but I don't know who else to ask. There is an image of the 18th century fiddler Neal Gow,...
I know there was at least one color portrain done of Neil Gow in trews, because the Gow tartan, as currently woven, was taken from such a portrait. ...
God bless Google Image Search! http://www.abcgallery.com/R/raeburn/raeburn1.html http://www.standrewsri.org/transcriptions/neilgowswife.html There's about four...
For those interested in old stories, Truman Matheson has just republished a version of Deirdire of the Sorrows that was collected on Barra by Alexander ...
I'm a 10th-11th century Highland Scot in the SCA and I'm looking for resources on really period women's clothing...can anyone out there give me some directions...
I'm a 10th-11th century Highland Scot in the SCA and I'm looking for resources on really period women's clothing...can anyone out there give me some directions...
Welcome to the list! This question gets posed by new members to the list fairly often. If you have the time, I would suggest going through the message...
hello, i have a question, in my reasarch on a name. told about a idea i kind of like. and that is know the scot version of my gaelic name. i read information...
Greetings Fearghus! Black's Surnames of Scotland is a very good source for English renderings of Gaelic names from period records. A quick perusal of Black...
greetings Margaret!!! wow, that really good, i need to look in getting Black's Surnames of Scotland. sorry i forgot the year, i look around 1400 and can plase...
ardeniasidhe wrote: I'm a 10th-11th century Highland Scot in the SCA and I'm looking for resources on really period women's clothing...can anyone out there...
... Note that the Scots language version of the Gaelic byname of a Highland Gael is not really a "Lowland surname" because whether he is being called by a...
wow,that cool!!! can wait for that infomation. that what i been reading on the site Margaret link. so is more just the scot way for writingm not a whole new...
Hello, I would like to thank the owner for allowing me to share this info with you! The database is up at the Historical Yellowpages: www.shypages.com Click on...
So, things Scottish-wise, what's everyone working on lately? We've been kind of quiet lately except for a few hits & curious what everyone is up to? I'm still...
Hi Margaret, First, as soon as I order some tartan that's suitable, I have some hose to make. Thanks again for the article. The layout will make hose and...
The camping trip sounds really interesting. Not really much analogous to that that I can do here. I am unaware of any 16th century Scots sojourning in high...
Greetings; I am a new member so wanted to introduce myself. My family name is Mac Dubh Ghaill. I was born and live in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. My...
Welcome, Gaheris. Glad to see you joined :) Blessings, Joy ... From: "Gaheris" <celtca9@...> To: <albanach@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, November 17,...
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To all my fellow Scots and those who wish they were, Happy St. Andrew,s Day! Ranulf [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
