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If you got a giggle or a wow from #OldWeirdScotland and would like to chuck some coppers in the hat (and are in a position to), it will always mean a lot to me 😊 ko-fi.com/weirdscotland Cheers, Jack

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Old Weird Scotland@WeirdScotland12 Aug 2025
It's "help an undergraduate research project time"! Siân is researching how well Scottish people and Scots speakers are understood. Listen to some audio clips and see how well you fare. Took me less than 10mins and it was a lot of fun! forms.gle/wUJBQquieSt2h4BL8
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It's "help an undergraduate research project time"! Siân is researching how well Scottish people and Scots speakers are understood. Listen to some audio clips and see how well you fare. Took me less than 10mins and it was a lot of fun! forms.gle/wUJBQquieSt2h4BL8
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I will be back and active again in some form, but just wanted to wish you all a Guid Halloween, and check that pork pies didn't feature in your evening's festivities (but if they did that's cool too). #OldWeirdScotland
Old Weird Scotland@WeirdScotland28 Oct 2022
Halloween is an excellent Scottish holiday, with plenty of weird fun customs. BUT today we need to talk about an oft-shared "tradition" that is absolutely nonsense and has zero truth behind it: A deep dive into Scotland, Witchcraft, and Sausage Rolls (🧵) #OldWeirdScotland
No Porkies here. Eating pork or pastries on Halloween was illegal, thanks to the Witchcraft Ac of 1735

ALT No Porkies here. Eating pork or pastries on Halloween was illegal, thanks to the Witchcraft Ac of 1735

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Mystery photo time! So many of Scotland's "stock" postcards are/were sold with little or no details. Where is this? Who's dancin? (am askin) When is this? #OldWeirdScotland 📸 Roberto Matassa
A late 20th century postcard of three dancers in kilts and waistcoats. They are mid dance on an openair dancefloor at a Highland Games or similar event. In the background is a range of hills. It appears to be a hot summer day. A large crowd looks on and some men are topless.

ALT A late 20th century postcard of three dancers in kilts and waistcoats. They are mid dance on an openair dancefloor at a Highland Games or similar event. In the background is a range of hills. It appears to be a hot summer day. A large crowd looks on and some men are topless.

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Lucas Stoller@LHSto037 Oct 2024
No word from @WeirdScotland, but I’m celebrating #PieMonday anyway. Lamb and onion on the way!
Lucas Stoller@LHSto0330 Sep 2024
Anxiously checking @WeirdScotland’s feed like
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Old Weird Scotland@WeirdScotland5 Jan 2024
Behold, he cometh with tines; and every eye shall see him, they also which pierced (but also scooped) with him. Edinburgh Spork Company ad, 1935 #OldWeirdScotland
A REVELATION, THE SPORK. The Spork fulfils all the functions of the ordinary fork. It will handle more conveniently many dishes now requiring both knife and fork, or fork and spoon. It is a great improvement on the fork for stews, curries, mince, peas, gravies, etc. hors d'oeuvres, sweets and savouries.

ALT A REVELATION, THE SPORK. The Spork fulfils all the functions of the ordinary fork. It will handle more conveniently many dishes now requiring both knife and fork, or fork and spoon. It is a great improvement on the fork for stews, curries, mince, peas, gravies, etc. hors d'oeuvres, sweets and savouries.

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More mystery images: Almost certainly in Scotland but does anyone recognise where? #OldWeirdScotland
two rows of cottages at right angles in a near treeless landscape. low rolling hills in distance.

ALT two rows of cottages at right angles in a near treeless landscape. low rolling hills in distance.

two rows of cottages in a flat landscape. A range of hills in distance. patch of trees middle distance.

ALT two rows of cottages in a flat landscape. A range of hills in distance. patch of trees middle distance.

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Where is this? No other clues bar those you can see in the pic, unfortunately. Dundee photographer. A real mystery. #OldWeirdScotland
four victorian bicyclists with bikes standing in front a gatebuilding perhaps, with crenulations.

ALT four victorian bicyclists with bikes standing in front a gatebuilding perhaps, with crenulations.

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Traditional music for the Scandinavian midsummer “Schottis” dance. It's not known for sure who plays on this recording but it's likely to be accordion duo Arvid Franzen and Einar Holt recorded in the mid 1920s in New York: publicdomainreview.org/colle… #Midsommar
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Ea-Nasir@alistaircoleman19 Jun 2024
Shaqiri, when the Scottish defence fell
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A' THING EIKS QUO THE WRAN QUHEN SCHE PIST IN THE SIE (Everything adds up, said the wren when she pissed in the sea) Early 17th Century proverb #OldWeirdProverbs #OldWeirdScotland #Scots
a photo of a Eurasian Wren standing on a board over what looks like a body of water.

ALT a photo of a Eurasian Wren standing on a board over what looks like a body of water.

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After rising to "National Hero" status following the end of the Siege of Mafeking in May 1900, Robert Baden-Powell had a rash of babies named for him. The unfortunate ones born in Scotland were forever nicknamed "Pudden-Bowl" bairns. #OldWeirdScotland
Portrait of military general, and notable racist and homophobe, Robert Baden-Powell.

ALT Portrait of military general, and notable racist and homophobe, Robert Baden-Powell.

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I bought a book on ebay which was described as "unfortunately, very marked on inside front page". Turns out the "marks" were made in 1945 by some Scots of renown, all members of @Saltire_Society. Some I can decipher, some I can't. Any input welcomed! #OldWeirdScotland 1/n
The frontispiece page for The Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon. The Proverbs rendered in Scots by The Reverend T. Whyte Paterson.

ALT The frontispiece page for The Wyse-Sayin's o' Solomon. The Proverbs rendered in Scots by The Reverend T. Whyte Paterson.

A mottled blank page written on by many people in pencil and ink. It reads: To Catherine Hastie December 1945 from the Saltire Society "Weel, weel! Gang yer weys the noo, an' syne come back the morn..." The Wyse Sayin's o' Solomon Chap[ter] 3. [signed] Robert Hurd, President. Then a list of signatures of wellwishers and a motif/emblem/device drawn in ink. It is an oval sat on the centre of a line at an acute angle. What looks like a backward lowercase R in the oval's centre. Two bold dots, one atop the oval, the other below the acute line.

ALT A mottled blank page written on by many people in pencil and ink. It reads: To Catherine Hastie December 1945 from the Saltire Society "Weel, weel! Gang yer weys the noo, an' syne come back the morn..." The Wyse Sayin's o' Solomon Chap[ter] 3. [signed] Robert Hurd, President. Then a list of signatures of wellwishers and a motif/emblem/device drawn in ink. It is an oval sat on the centre of a line at an acute angle. What looks like a backward lowercase R in the oval's centre. Two bold dots, one atop the oval, the other below the acute line.

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Someone signed with a symbol (like Prince?) Anyone have any ideas what this could be?
a little sketch or monogram

ALT a little sketch or monogram

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I'd also like to find out who Catherine Hastie was and why they were gifted the book in 1945! Obviously a going away present, but it would be nice to find out the story.
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