Tag: scottish
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Oh Rowan Tree
“The rowan tree’s graceful leaves and soft white flowers brush my arm like a whisper.” Lisa Ann Sandell, Song of the Sparrow One of the things I loved most about working in big national museums, was when people Iknew came to visit because it meant I could take them on a tour of my favourite…
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Greenlandic People and Goddesses
I tell stories for a living, not just folk stories, historical ones too. I use historical objects to help me to tell these stories and travel all over Scotland with the Travelling Museum, telling the stories related to objects and traditions of Scotland. In December the Travelling Museum received a wonderful donation: an article with…
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Sympathy for the Witch
Last Spring a huge storm tore through our local forests and knocked thousands of trees to the ground. It was devastating and since then, for nearly a year now, we’ve been working to clear these fallen trees and turn them into firewood for our village. Last weekend a friend of ours came over to help…
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You Are The River
“We’re all ghosts. We all carry, inside us, people who came before us.” Liam Callanan Yesterday I sat outside and closed my hand around a hot cup of coffee. The smell of the wet mossy ground and mouldering leaves brought me back to being a child, exploring the woods near Inverness. Attempts to find non-poisonous,…
