This song survives in the oral tradition of Mull and is considered there to be of local origin. Verses not current in Mull tradition are preserved in published versions and verse 4 is a nod to the version published in 1879 in An t-Òranaiche. The version in An t-Òranaiche makes it clear that the subject […]
The Silent Spring by James Lindsay
Oldmeldrum, a town in the North-East of Scotland not far from where I grew up, is home to one of Scotland’s oldest distilleries and produces the well known whisky, Glen Garioch (Garioch being the name given to this committee area in Aberdeenshire). Despite its success today, full production at the distillery had to be ceased […]
