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  A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable

  Hardback | Pub: 21 Oct 2021

  £35.00

  INCLUDES HUNDREDS OF NEW AND EXPANDED ENTRIES From ‘Aald Rock’ to ‘Zeenty-teenty’, A Dictionary of Scottish Phrase and Fable is an unputdownable gallimaufry of curious items embracing sayings, put-downs, insults, mottos, traditions, legends,...

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  The Essential Gaelic-English / English-Gaelic Dictionary

  Paperback | Pub: 15 Jul 2021

  £20.00

  Angus Watson’s Essential Gaelic-English and English-Gaelic dictionaries are well-established as one of the leading dictionaries of the Gaelic language. This combined dictionary is ideal for learners of Gaelic at all levels, and its generous...

• The Placenames of Scotland

  Paperback | Pub: 02 Jun 2022

  £14.99

  Scotland is a land of many languages – including Gaelic, Pictish, Brythonic, Norse, Anglo-Saxon and Modern English among them. The result is an often bewildering series of overlapping layers of place-names, difficult at times to understand and...

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  The Pocket Guide to Whisky

  Paperback | Pub: 23 Jul 2020

  £8.99

  The ever-expanding world of whisky can be a daunting one, with a deluge of new brands, distilleries and literature on the subject making it all but impossible for the amateur whisky drinker to find their way.  Blair Bowman provides a compact and...

• The Surnames of Scotland

  Hardback | Pub: 03 Mar 2022

  £40.00

  First published by the New York Public Library in 1946, Black’s The Surnames of Scotland has long established itself as one of the great classics of genealogy. Arranged alphabetically, each entry contains a concise history of the family in...

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  Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors

  Paperback | Pub: 06 Aug 2020

  £12.99

  This is a new edition of the bestselling guide to this increasingly popular pursuit. Scotland has the best-maintained records and facilities of any country in the world for undertaking family research, and now that the National Records of Scotland...