It's lovely to hear the personal background to this choice of song and it's a really lively song. #placenames
@tradsongtues.bsky.social
@tradsongtues.bsky.socialIt's lovely to hear the personal background to this choice of song and it's a really lively song. #placenames
@tradsongtues.bsky.socialSuch a classic song and from such a wonderful singer. #placenames
@cathy12341234.bsky.social@tradsongtues.bsky.social
#placenames
I have got my last song for the day
This is a nice song youtu.be/n361-vykX6c?...
@cathy12341234.bsky.social@tradsongtues.bsky.social
#placenames
I got a song it's a lovely song sung by Jon Boden
youtu.be/oNCWDBYRsmU?...
@cathy12341234.bsky.social@tradsongtues.bsky.social
#placenames
I love this song sang by Martin carthy
youtu.be/kCjUDUshHdQ?...
@shroomgirl.bsky.socialA stone #Papay stile today for @judithjesch.bsky.social & @lakesstiles.bsky.social between Scarra Ber (ON skarfr 'shag' & 'rock') & The Sneck, perhaps Scots 'latch of a door or gate' in the sense of closing off the hill dyke here to prevent stock from crossing at low tide #Orkney #PlaceNames
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialAinm-àite na Seachdaine
Sound of Sleat ~ An Linne Shlèiteach
NG666020
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
@tradsongtues.bsky.socialJust realised I forgot to put up the theme for next Tuesday 29th. It will be #placenames so lots of scope to find towns, cities, islands, mountains and lots more.
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialGàidhlig air a' mhapa
Cùl na Ceapaich ~ Back of Keppoch
NM649882
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialEileamaid na seachdaine
Aonach 'hill; market'
Thoir dhuinn ainm aonaich a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
@shroomgirl.bsky.socialA fine morning in a fine old place to sit n study the #PlaceNames of #Orkney
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialAinm-àite na Seachdaine
Sleat ~ Slèite 'plain, level field'
NG615059
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
@shroomgirl.bsky.socialSpent a lovely windswept day delivering the Ragna's Islands Project #NorthRonaldsay booklets (saga-stories, poetry and place-names) to islanders. It is wonderful to be here again! #Orkney #OrkneyingaSaga #Placenames
@shroomgirl.bsky.socialA #NorthRonaldsay stile (L) for @lakesstiles.bsky.social & @judithjesch.bsky.social near Roofed Geo, formerly Sodlis Geo from ON söðull m. 'saddle' with gjá 'coastal gully, inlet', both apt #PlaceNames! #Orkney
@northeastvernacula.bsky.socialEcossais méridional du nord de l’Angleterre (the ‘South Scotch of Northern England’)
#linguistics #language #OldEnglish #dialect #philology #sociolinguistics #Northumbria #Scots #Scottishborders #placenames #toponymy #Bonaparte
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialAinmean nam beann
Bruach na Frìthe
'slope of the deer forest'
NG461252
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #Maps #gachlatha
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialEileamaid na seachdaine
Magh 'plain'
Thoir dhuinn ainm magha a tha a' còrdadh ribh!
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha
@judithjesch.bsky.socialSome cool #placenames on the shortlist for naming two new freight ferries to #Orkney and #Shetland www.shetnews.co.uk/2026/09/15/n...
@ainmean-aite.bsky.socialAinm-àite na Seachdaine
Scoraig ~ Sgoraig 'cleft bay'
NH003962
#AinmÀite #Gàidhlig #Cleachdi #Placenames #Gaelic #gachlatha