The “Burmese gong” stood on a shelf at my parents’ house for as long as I can remember. I knew that “hid cam fae [it came from] Thistlebank” but little more. Perhaps it is not even Burmese. The man who brought | more…
Keep reading! They are far more than numbers. The Statistical Accounts are two fascinating sets of reports on each Scottish parish in the 1790s and the 1830s/40s. They cover economic and social activities as well as natural resources. What, when, who, how? Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster sent out 171 queries to the ministers of | more…
Who or what is Ousna? To find out you can read the blog I’ve written for the Society of One-Place Studies. Here’s a link to my post. The Society of One-Place Studies is doing the whole A to Z blogging challenge this year (2017). (I’ve now done 4 days out of 26!)
