SSSA in 70 Objects: Òganaich Dhuinn a Rinn M’ Fhàgail TAGS: Gaelic | SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Barra Waulking Women Fieldworker: Thorkild Knudsen Reference: SA1965.109.004 Response: Louise Scollay I have a lifelong love – some might say obsession –  of textiles and craft and often this …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: Borders Ba’ Games TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects ‘They do it yet!’: The surprise of Borders ba’. Dr Emily Lyle When I was talking with an old man in Denholm about customs, I had been reading about the …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects: The Barnyards o’ Delgaty TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects Contributor: Enoch Kent Fieldworker: Hamish Henderson Reference: SA1954.33.a6 Link to the song on Tobar an Dualchais: http://tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fullrecord/30120 Response by: Robert Fell This Bothy ballad – rendered beautifully here by Enoch Kent in …Continue reading →

SSSA in 70 Objects : The reflections of the windows in the stairwell of 29 George Square TAGS: SSSA in 70 Objects Response: Louise Scollay, Archive and Library Assistant, SSSA I have always had a love affair with these windows, or moreso the scene they project on to the wall. When I …Continue reading →