From 9218e8bc59060d8f3f8d552caf072c247e13514f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs <65492573+Sycamost@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2023 21:08:29 +0100 Subject: Adds Eiks an Ens 30 --- .../news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx | 130 ++++++++++++++++++ src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx | 145 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 275 insertions(+) create mode 100644 src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx create mode 100644 src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx (limited to 'src/content') diff --git a/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..bc75660 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/en-GB/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,130 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 30 +summary: >- + Included in this issue of Eiks an Ens are details of our next + Conference in Perth and of our anthologies, which are having + very positive reviews and are well worth the money. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; +import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; + +## Annual Conference + +The Annual Conference of the Scots Language Society will be held on Saturday the +3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 +8EP. This year’s theme will be _The Art of Flyting in Scottish Literature_. + + + +The cost of attending the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ by Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ by Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ by Anne Jones +_Benny_ by Andrew G Matthews +_Kafka_ by Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ by Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ by Robert Duncan +_Aliens_ by James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ by Joe Carstairs +_John MacLean’s Coat_ by Robert Duncan +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ by David Bleiman +_Bauk in the USSR_ by Alastair McLeish +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ by Alan Millar +_The Ootgaun_ by Hamish Scott +_Mindin Joe_ by Jock Stein +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ by Donald Adamson +_A New Sang_ by David Bleiman +_Ahint the Haund_ by Kevin Connelly +_The Marriage Lair_ by Irene Howat +_Leid in ma Heid_ by Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our own Lord Braxfield, Judge of the Sangschaw, will deliver his summary of +this year’s happenings in Lallans 102. The word on the street is that the +cranky old grump was pretty impressed by what was put before him. So keep at +it, Scots writers - it vexes him no end to see the Scots language being put to +such good effect! It’s not too early to start working on your masterpiece for +next year. The winner of the poetry class is printed below, but the editor will +endeavour to include as many entries as possible in the forthcoming Lallans +102/103. The summer number in particular will have an extraordinary and broad +showing of further Scots writing, including an interview with Scots Radio +broadcaster Frieda Morrison; Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson +and song; the final instalment of Sam Burns’ Deacon Broadie play and an +abundance of thought-provoking poetry, stories, reviews and news concerning +all the other ventures in the ever-expanding world of the Scots language. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ by Finola Scott + +_Winner of the Hugh MacDiarmid Cup for Poetry, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
+An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
+He wis the first. In he struts
+Aw Cock o the walk,
+King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
+ +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
+Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
+He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
+Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
+A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
+ +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
+thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
+when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
+fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
+an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
+ +## Anthologies + +The Scots Language Society is a registered charity run by volunteers. By being +a member of the Society, you are already giving the Scots language a boost. +You can help us further by purchasing one or both of our first-rate +50th-anniversary anthologies: contact our membership Secretary, George T Watt +at lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Every book costs £12.99 including postage. Overseas orders incur an additional +£5 for postage. Included is a selection of the best Scots poetry and prose +from across 50 years and hundred issues of Lallans. diff --git a/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ef094d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/content/news/sco/2023-03-17-eiks-an-ens-30.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,145 @@ +--- +title: Eiks an Ens 30 +summary: >- + Includit i this issue o Eiks an Ens is details o oor neist Collogue in Perth an + o oor anthologies, that is haein fell positive reviews an weel wurth the siller. +--- +import Link from '$components/Link.astro'; +import Schedule from '$components/Schedule.astro'; + +## Annual Collogue + +The Annual Collogue o the Scots Leid Associe will be held on Setturday, June +3rd in the Sandeman Room, AK Bell Library, York Place, Perth, PH2 8EP. +This year’s theme will be _The Art o Flyting in Scottish Leiterature_. + +### Events schedule + + + +The cost o attendin the Collogue is £20. Contact George Watt on +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Elaine Morton on +failte@go-plus.net. + + +## Sangschaw 2023 Winners + +### The Robert McLellan Tassie fur Scots Prose + +#### Winner + +_Aince_ bi Jamie Purves + +#### Rinner-up + +_Haymarket Wumman_ bi Jerry Randalls + +#### Ruisit + +_Bother wi a Babby Bird_ bi Anne Jones + +_Benny_ bi Andrew G. Matthews + +_Kafka_ bi Pete Fortune + +### The John MacPhail Law Tassie for Owersettin + +#### Winner + +_Roond Stane_ bi Finola Scott + +#### Jynt Rinner-up + +_The Black Loch_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Aliens_ bi James Sinclair + +#### Ruisit + +_Chale Shaw_ bi Joe Carstairs + +_John MacLean’s Coat_ bi Robert Duncan + +_Jock Tamson’s Luve-Bairns_ bi David Bleiman + +_Bauk in the USSR_ bi Alastair McLeish + +_Eldritch, Cretaceous Man Jinkin_ bi Alan Millar + +_The Ootgaun_ bi Hamish Scott + +_Mindin Joe_ bi Jock Stein + +_The Ceremonie o Cairnholy_ bi Donald Adamson + +_A New Sang_ bi David Bleiman + +_Ahint the Haund_ bi Kevin Connelly + +_The Marriage Lair_ bi Irene Howat + +_Leid in ma Heid_ bi Alan Millar + +## Wittins: Sangschaw, Lallans 102-103 + +Our ain Lord Braxfield, Jeidge o the Sangschaw, will deleiver his summation +o this year’s fairins in Lallans 102. The wird on the pavey is that the +crabbit auld scunner wass fair taen up wi whit was puit afore him. Sae caw +awaa Scots screivers - it deaves him sairly tae see the leid being yokit +tae sic guid effeck! It’s no ower airly tae get makkin your maisterpiece +for neist year. The winner o the poesie is prentit ablaw but the editor +will ettle tae include as monie entries as possible in the furthcoming Lallans +102/103. Forby, the simmer nummer will hae a byous kythin and spreid o Scots +screivin including an interview wi Scots Radio broadcaster Frieda Morrison, +Fred Freeman’s epic on Burns, Hamish Henderson and sang, the final instalment +o Sam Burns Deacon Brodie play and a wheen o thochtie poesie, tales, reviews +and wittins anent aa the ither ploys gaun on in the aye raxin warld o Scots Leid. + +## _The Galloway Hoard, Kirkcudbright Museum_ bi Finola Scott + +_Winner o the Hugh MacDiarmid Tassie fur Poesie, Sangschaw 2023_ + +Aw muscle and glaur, he’s preenin
+An muckle boastin. Yi’d think
+He wis the first. In he struts
+Aw Cock o the walk,
+King o Faithers, comb throbbin.
+ +Aye unnerfit, he wants tae feel
+Ma flutters, tae cup the load I coorie.
+He brags aboot the hero it’ll be.
+Weel mibbe, but fir noo it’s jist
+A wee will o the wisp, ma treisur.
+ +I shouldnae compleen, sure he broucht
+thon gift - a wee baa. Its hollow jinglet
+when I joogelt it. I thocht it a toy
+fir the bairn. But naw, seems it’s tae ease
+an bless the birthin. Whit a man.
+ +## Anthologies + +The Scots Leid Associe is a registered charity rin bi volunteers. Bi bein a +memmer o the Associe ye are aaready giein the Scots leid a heize. Ye can help +us faurther gin ye coff ane or baith o our braw 50th anniversairy anthologies: +contack our memmership secretar George T Watt at +lallans@hotmail.co.uk +or Willie Hershaw at +w.hershaw678@btinternet.com. +Ilka buik costs £12.99 includin postage. Owerseas orders £5 postage. +Includit is a walin o the best Scots poesie and prose fae 50 year +and a hunner nummers o Lallans. + -- cgit v1.2.3