Beyond the Highland Line: Highland History and CultureConstable, 1991 - 236 pagini An historical and cultural guide to the Scottish Highlands, embracing the early Pictish inhabitants up to the present day. The author examines such topics as the history of the clans, depopulation and emigration, the tourist trade, and highland ecology. |
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Pagina 191
... Gaelic scriptures were greatly valued by Gaelic speakers who were able to read their own tongue , but of course there were many Gaelic speakers who ... GAELIC - SPEAKING POPULATION OF SCOTLAND , 1881-1981 Gaelic 191 The Highlands Discovered.
... Gaelic scriptures were greatly valued by Gaelic speakers who were able to read their own tongue , but of course there were many Gaelic speakers who ... GAELIC - SPEAKING POPULATION OF SCOTLAND , 1881-1981 Gaelic 191 The Highlands Discovered.
Pagina 192
... Gaelic - only Gaelic- Population Gaelic- speakers and- Gaelic - and- English speakers of only as % of English as % of Year Scotland speakers population speakers population 1881 3,735,573 231,594 6.2 1891 4,025,647 43,738 1.1 210,677 5.2 ...
... Gaelic - only Gaelic- Population Gaelic- speakers and- Gaelic - and- English speakers of only as % of English as % of Year Scotland speakers population speakers population 1881 3,735,573 231,594 6.2 1891 4,025,647 43,738 1.1 210,677 5.2 ...
Pagina 193
... Gaelic ; it will depend upon the transmission of enthusiasm for it to the young . Official prejudice against the teaching of Gaelic in schools theoretically ended in 1878 when school boards were for the first time permitted to pay the ...
... Gaelic ; it will depend upon the transmission of enthusiasm for it to the young . Official prejudice against the teaching of Gaelic in schools theoretically ended in 1878 when school boards were for the first time permitted to pay the ...
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Illustrations | 9 |
Picts and Scots | 35 |
Gael Norse and Norman | 52 |
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Alasdair Alasdair MacColla Alexander ancient Angus Óg Argyll army Balliol battle became best-dressed Highlander Bishop Caledonians Campbell cattle Celtic Celts chiefs Christian Church Clan Donald clansmen crofters crown Dalriada David defeated descendants drovers Duke Earl earldom Edinburgh eighteenth century England English feudal followed Gaelic Gaels Glen Gordon Gordon Donaldson Grant and Cheape Hebrides Highland dress Highland Line Highland regiments Highlands and Islands History I.F. Grant Ibid Inverness Iona Ireland Irish Islay Jacobite Jacobite Rising James VI James VII John kilt kindred King of Scots kingdom Kintyre land later Loch Lord Lordship Lowland MacDonald MacGregor MacKenzies MacPherson Malcolm Malcolm MacHeth Mór Moray nineteenth century Norse Orkney Ossian Pictish Picts plaid poem possession Prince Charles Edward Queen Roman Ross royal Scotland Scottish sheep Skye society Somerled Statutes of Iona Stewart stone Stuart survived Sutherland symbols tartan tenants tradition victory warriors Western Isles