LL-L "Celtic connections" 2002.03.29 (07) [E]

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From: Thomas <t.mcrae at uq.net.au>
Subject: LL-L "Celtic connections" (was "Scots") 2002.03.29 (04) [E]

on 30/3/02 4:29,Sandy Fleming [sandy at scotstext.org] wrote:

> Supporters of the idea that Gaelic once covered all of Scotland
> depend on extremely dubious evidence. For example, a few snatches
> of mock-Gaelic in a Border Ballad is taken as evidence that Gaelic
> was actually spoken in the Borders.

Thanks for yet another fascinating mailing Sandy. I have read that the
Gaelic was also spoken in the Galloway area with allegations that
Jacobite
troops during the '45 wre able to communicate in th elanguage with
locals.
Is ther the slightest truth in this claim ? I have always been a wee
bittie leer o' it.

Regards
Tom
Tom Mc Rae PSOC
Brisbane Australia

"The masonnis suld mak housis stark and rude,
To keep the pepill frome the stormes strang,
And he that fals, the craft it gois all wrang."

>From 15th century Scots Poem 'The Buke of the Chess'

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