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For this year's #ScotsAdventCalendar I'm going to be looking at words that appear in the place-names of Carrick.
You can find out more about the Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names project by visiting our website (carricknames.scot) and Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/95453...)
For this year's #ScotsAdventCalendar I'm going to be looking at words that appear in the place-names of Carrick.
You can find out more about the Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names project by visiting our website (carricknames.scot) and Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/95453...)
December 1, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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For this year's #ScotsAdventCalendar I'm going to be looking at words that appear in the place-names of Carrick.
You can find out more about the Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names project by visiting our website (carricknames.scot) and Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/95453...)
For this year's #ScotsAdventCalendar I'm going to be looking at words that appear in the place-names of Carrick.
You can find out more about the Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names project by visiting our website (carricknames.scot) and Facebook group (www.facebook.com/groups/95453...)
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SAUGH 'willow'
This word appears in Saugh Hill and Saughhill Burn (Girvan). It's cognate with English sallow, Latin salix and Welsh helyg, a close relative of the Brittonic word found in Tarelgin (Ochiltree).
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SAUGH 'willow'
This word appears in Saugh Hill and Saughhill Burn (Girvan). It's cognate with English sallow, Latin salix and Welsh helyg, a close relative of the Brittonic word found in Tarelgin (Ochiltree).
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December 8, 2024 at 5:46 PM
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SAUGH 'willow'
This word appears in Saugh Hill and Saughhill Burn (Girvan). It's cognate with English sallow, Latin salix and Welsh helyg, a close relative of the Brittonic word found in Tarelgin (Ochiltree).
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SAUGH 'willow'
This word appears in Saugh Hill and Saughhill Burn (Girvan). It's cognate with English sallow, Latin salix and Welsh helyg, a close relative of the Brittonic word found in Tarelgin (Ochiltree).
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Here ends the #ScotsAdventCalendar from Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names. You can follow the project on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/95453...
Thanks as ever to @davidstifter.bsky.social, from whom I copy the emojis each day and who gets a mention in the etymology section of door 2️⃣3️⃣.
Thanks as ever to @davidstifter.bsky.social, from whom I copy the emojis each day and who gets a mention in the etymology section of door 2️⃣3️⃣.
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GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
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GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
As is often >>>
December 24, 2024 at 2:44 PM
Here ends the #ScotsAdventCalendar from Ainmean Charraige/Carrick Names. You can follow the project on Facebook: www.facebook.com/groups/95453...
Thanks as ever to @davidstifter.bsky.social, from whom I copy the emojis each day and who gets a mention in the etymology section of door 2️⃣3️⃣.
Thanks as ever to @davidstifter.bsky.social, from whom I copy the emojis each day and who gets a mention in the etymology section of door 2️⃣3️⃣.
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DUB 'a pool'
This word appears in three Carrick place-names: Broad Dub, Amosdub Wood, and Kennedy's Dub. The later of which is a pool in the Doon, "where tradition avers 'five score' of Kennedies were drowned in crossing the river, pursued by the Crawfords."
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DUB 'a pool'
This word appears in three Carrick place-names: Broad Dub, Amosdub Wood, and Kennedy's Dub. The later of which is a pool in the Doon, "where tradition avers 'five score' of Kennedies were drowned in crossing the river, pursued by the Crawfords."
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December 1, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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DUB 'a pool'
This word appears in three Carrick place-names: Broad Dub, Amosdub Wood, and Kennedy's Dub. The later of which is a pool in the Doon, "where tradition avers 'five score' of Kennedies were drowned in crossing the river, pursued by the Crawfords."
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DUB 'a pool'
This word appears in three Carrick place-names: Broad Dub, Amosdub Wood, and Kennedy's Dub. The later of which is a pool in the Doon, "where tradition avers 'five score' of Kennedies were drowned in crossing the river, pursued by the Crawfords."
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upon a mound in front of the Castle gate." I've written more about these names and their relationship with the Guil Tree (Kirkmichael) here: carricknames.scot/dule-trees-a...
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Dule Trees and the Guil Tree – Ainmean Charraige | Carrick Names
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December 6, 2024 at 10:28 PM
upon a mound in front of the Castle gate." I've written more about these names and their relationship with the Guil Tree (Kirkmichael) here: carricknames.scot/dule-trees-a...
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STRANNIE 'the razorbill, Alca torda'
To quote the Scottish National Dictionary, STRANNIE is derived "From Stranny Point on Ailsa Craig where it nests." That entry has two citations, one from 1895 and another from 1971. We can antedate the word by 39 years >>>
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STRANNIE 'the razorbill, Alca torda'
To quote the Scottish National Dictionary, STRANNIE is derived "From Stranny Point on Ailsa Craig where it nests." That entry has two citations, one from 1895 and another from 1971. We can antedate the word by 39 years >>>
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December 2, 2024 at 7:36 PM
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STRANNIE 'the razorbill, Alca torda'
To quote the Scottish National Dictionary, STRANNIE is derived "From Stranny Point on Ailsa Craig where it nests." That entry has two citations, one from 1895 and another from 1971. We can antedate the word by 39 years >>>
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STRANNIE 'the razorbill, Alca torda'
To quote the Scottish National Dictionary, STRANNIE is derived "From Stranny Point on Ailsa Craig where it nests." That entry has two citations, one from 1895 and another from 1971. We can antedate the word by 39 years >>>
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The Knipe, Knipe Hill (New Cumnock): newcumnockhistory.com/place-names/...
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the Knipe, Knipe hill
Place-name:1. The Knipe(s) 2. Chryip hil3. Knipe HillSuggested Meaning:(a) lump (b) knob(a) S. knap ‘lump'(b) S. knap ‘knob’Blaeu Coila (1654):1. Chnip hill 2. Chyrip hil 3. No En…
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December 9, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The Knipe, Knipe Hill (New Cumnock): newcumnockhistory.com/place-names/...
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disagreements and arguments. 'Disputes' do turn up in Scots place-names but are typically indicated with the words THREAP or STRIFE.
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December 17, 2024 at 10:55 PM
disagreements and arguments. 'Disputes' do turn up in Scots place-names but are typically indicated with the words THREAP or STRIFE.
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- after all, "A'm no weel" means "I'm not well". But the Scots for 'a well' is a WALL ... and 'a wall' is a WA(W).
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December 11, 2024 at 8:05 PM
- after all, "A'm no weel" means "I'm not well". But the Scots for 'a well' is a WALL ... and 'a wall' is a WA(W).
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GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
As is often >>>
GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
As is often >>>
December 24, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
As is often >>>
GOWDEN 'golden'
The final window in our #ScotsAdventCalendar. This word appears in just one Carrick place-name: Gowden Knowe (Girvan).
The Ordnance Survey Name Book records a tradition that "Gold is said to have been hid here at some remote period which gives rise to the name."
As is often >>>
"OIr. táid is phonetically [taːðʲ], i.e. there is no obstruent at the end of the word that could be borrowed as -d."
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December 24, 2024 at 2:37 PM
"OIr. táid is phonetically [taːðʲ], i.e. there is no obstruent at the end of the word that could be borrowed as -d."
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is, starn-keeker 'astronomer'.
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December 24, 2024 at 2:34 PM
is, starn-keeker 'astronomer'.
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and the cormorant (HIBLING).
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December 24, 2024 at 2:33 PM
and the cormorant (HIBLING).
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old gateway of the church from the entrance to the churchyard."
CHEEK is another Scots word, meaning 'the side of something'. It turns up in Carlandcheek (Maybole) and Ligget Cheek (Colmonell).
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CHEEK is another Scots word, meaning 'the side of something'. It turns up in Carlandcheek (Maybole) and Ligget Cheek (Colmonell).
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December 20, 2024 at 5:44 PM
old gateway of the church from the entrance to the churchyard."
CHEEK is another Scots word, meaning 'the side of something'. It turns up in Carlandcheek (Maybole) and Ligget Cheek (Colmonell).
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CHEEK is another Scots word, meaning 'the side of something'. It turns up in Carlandcheek (Maybole) and Ligget Cheek (Colmonell).
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SPY-KNOWE gets a mention in the DSL, with "On the green spy knowe a watch was kept To guard him and his men" as the sole citation.
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December 19, 2024 at 5:46 PM
SPY-KNOWE gets a mention in the DSL, with "On the green spy knowe a watch was kept To guard him and his men" as the sole citation.
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Galloway, and Dumfriesshire as a hill name, is probably a translation of W[elsh] lluman, a standard, confused with llumon, a beacon." That strikes me as quite a reach.
An element with a peculiar distribution and an unclear meaning. Thoughts welcome!
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An element with a peculiar distribution and an unclear meaning. Thoughts welcome!
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December 18, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Galloway, and Dumfriesshire as a hill name, is probably a translation of W[elsh] lluman, a standard, confused with llumon, a beacon." That strikes me as quite a reach.
An element with a peculiar distribution and an unclear meaning. Thoughts welcome!
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An element with a peculiar distribution and an unclear meaning. Thoughts welcome!
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regularly formed knolls with conical tops which are not associated with the superstitions which the name implies." I suspect that the presence of associated superstition or lack thereof depended on who was asked.
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December 16, 2024 at 10:02 PM
regularly formed knolls with conical tops which are not associated with the superstitions which the name implies." I suspect that the presence of associated superstition or lack thereof depended on who was asked.
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thought before consulting the dictionary. I wonder if there is an eponymous knockin stane at Ballantrae waiting to be found.
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(I wrote about these names in a wee bit more detail here: dgplacenames.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/k...)
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(I wrote about these names in a wee bit more detail here: dgplacenames.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/k...)
December 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
thought before consulting the dictionary. I wonder if there is an eponymous knockin stane at Ballantrae waiting to be found.
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(I wrote about these names in a wee bit more detail here: dgplacenames.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/k...)
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(I wrote about these names in a wee bit more detail here: dgplacenames.wordpress.com/2022/12/30/k...)
spouts in Carrick or Galloway.)
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December 14, 2024 at 8:24 PM
spouts in Carrick or Galloway.)
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citation for this sense of the word by 57 years. It's described by the OS Name Book as "A conspicuous ridge of elevated ground - property of the Marquis of Ailsa, so called from a number of prominent points which appear on its summit."
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December 13, 2024 at 11:26 PM
citation for this sense of the word by 57 years. It's described by the OS Name Book as "A conspicuous ridge of elevated ground - property of the Marquis of Ailsa, so called from a number of prominent points which appear on its summit."
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Nick of the Liberty (Ballantrae), Nick of the Balloch (Barr), and Nick of Brecbowie (Straition).
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December 12, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Nick of the Liberty (Ballantrae), Nick of the Balloch (Barr), and Nick of Brecbowie (Straition).
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Wee Barbeth Loch (Straiton), Wee Benyaw (Straiton), Wee Knockinculloch (Dailly). These follow the common Carrick pattern of Scots place-names incorporating existing Gaelic names.
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December 7, 2024 at 4:28 PM
Wee Barbeth Loch (Straiton), Wee Benyaw (Straiton), Wee Knockinculloch (Dailly). These follow the common Carrick pattern of Scots place-names incorporating existing Gaelic names.
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Eng. dial. flash, a pool, and flouse, to splash, appar. of echoic origin." #ScotsAdventCalendar SND link: dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fl...
December 6, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Eng. dial. flash, a pool, and flouse, to splash, appar. of echoic origin." #ScotsAdventCalendar SND link: dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/fl...
bourtrees situated at the base of the cliff. It is the only wood on the island."
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December 4, 2024 at 10:27 PM
bourtrees situated at the base of the cliff. It is the only wood on the island."
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