Comments on: A quiet word about fairies, elves, kelpies and selkies

By: Jimmy Begg

Jimmy Begg — Thu, 20 Apr 2023 18:21:31 +0000

As a bairn, I used to find a silver sixpence under my pillow for my baby teeth – memories
for an auld man frae the dour Ayrshire Fairies!

By: William Rice

William Rice — Sun, 16 Apr 2023 15:59:02 +0000

Yeah, some great band names! And now I wanna go and look for the elder folk.

By: Mark Steven Berman

Mark Steven Berman — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:42:05 +0000

Look up ‘pyschogeography’..it’s relevant

By: From Ayrshire

From Ayrshire — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 08:08:19 +0000

From Skye to the Galloway hills and latter is the quieter

By: Sandy Easton

Sandy Easton — Thu, 13 Apr 2023 07:43:41 +0000

My old Mum used to holiday as a kid (from Dumfries) at a Slaethornrig Farm near the old Hamlet of Slaethorn. She always maintained the name was originally from the ‘Norse’ (Viking ) with associations to the Grey Shrike songbird that frequented the area. She reported as a kid , finding voles impaled on thorns awaiting consumption by the bird and its chicks in springtime.

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 21:59:10 +0000

Kelpie statue in Falkirk

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By: KC/Monterey

KC/Monterey — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:15:10 +0000

Fairies and all!

By: Ron Dunn

Ron Dunn — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 16:14:07 +0000

Some of those unsettling names brought to mind the odd names of rock groups I often hear of latel

By: Naomi R.

Naomi R. — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 11:40:42 +0000

Intriguing

By: Nick Dent

Nick Dent — Wed, 12 Apr 2023 09:44:41 +0000

makes me wish I were up there. Endless rain and still bl**dy cold down here on the south coast