Further research

Billy Kay’s Scots: The Mither Tongue, 2006, Edinburgh, Mainstream Publishing, pp. 55-86 provides more interesting insights into the importance and use of Scots language in relation to Scotland’s history.

Read this title to learn more about the interrelation between Scots language and history of Scotland: Yeoman, L. (2000) Reportage Scotland: History in the Making, Edinburgh, Luath Press.

The Tobar an Dualchais / Kist o Riches [Tip: hold Ctrl and click a link to open it in a new tab. (Hide tip)] website contains over 38,000 oral recordings made in Scotland and further afield, from the 1930s onwards. The items you can listen to include stories, songs, music, poetry and factual information. The website can be searched using various filters, including a Scots language filter.