The cruisie lamp was the common form of lighting found in the homes of the islands and along the coasts until the introduction of paraffin l...

The prayers in Carmina Gadelica often reflect the everyday fears and worries of the islanders. The following extract contains the prayer as ...

 Carmina Gadelica contains a vast amount of notes as well as the prayers, songs and poems collected from the Highlands and Islands of Sco...

A child losing a tooth is one of life's milestones and along with it comes the tradition of the tooth fairy. In  Carmina Gadelica , Al...

ook Week Scotland continues with two entries about one woman from Carmina Gadelica. These demonstrate well the personal details which Al...

Book Week Scotland  takes place this week, so we thought we'd mark it with excerpts from the extraordinary creation that is Carmina Gade...

Continuing on from the carding combs, this blog will highlight two objects used in the next step towards producing cloth: the spindle and wh...