open-index/open-wikipedia-markdown huggingface dataset:
Culross

**Culross** (pronoonced "Coo-ros", Gaelic: *Cuileann Ros*)is a clachan locate on the Firth o Forth aboot 5 mile east o Kincardine. The clachan is thocht tae hae been foondit bi Saunt Serf an tae hae been the birthplace o Saunt Mungo.

It uisst tae be a muckle centre o coal minin an the first mine wis foondit bi George Bruce o Carnock, that biggit hissel a muckle hoose that he cried a pailace (Culross Pailace is aye open tae the public, unner the care o the *National Trust for Scotland*). The mine wis the first mine in the warld that gaed oot unner the sea. The ither heidmaist industry in the clachan wis pannin for saut.

Thare's mony ither braw biggins unner the care o the NTS, includin The Study an Culross Abbey.

## Fremmit Airtins
* Historic Culross 
* Culross on FifeDirect
* Entry in ''A Topographical Dictionary of Scotland'' (1846) 
* Culross Airts an Muisic Festival
Scots Leid Associe

The **Scots Leid Associe** (kent in Inglis as the **Scots Language Society**) is a bodie that warks for the furdal o the Scots leid in "leiterature, drama, the media, education an ilka day uiss".  It wis foundit in 1972, an haes about 350 memmers the nou.

The SLA sets furth a bi-annual journal, *Lallans*, that's nou a 144-page magazine wi prose, musardrie, reviews, news etc. aw in Scots. It's furthset wi help by the Scottish Arts Council.  *Lallans* is postit free tae memmers o the SLA, an it is estimate that it haes a readership o about a thousan, syne copies is also postit tae libraries an siclike.

As weil as thon, the SLA hauds its "Annual Collogue"  a meetin wi writin competeitions for fowk o aw ages, talks, muisic etc.  This last aw day, for ordinar.

The SLA sees itsel as pairt o a "faimily" o Scots organisations, an is pairt o the Scots Leid Cross-Pairty Group at the Scots Pairlament.

## Fremmit airtins
*SLA Wabsteid
Gait

The **gait** (*Capra aegagrus hircus*) is for ordinar kent as a hamelt breed o the wild gait frae soothwast Asie an Eastren Europe. The gait is aucht the *Bovidae* faimlie an is gey sib tae the sheep, baith bein pairt o the gait an antelope subfaimlie *Caprinae*.
Gdańsk

**Gdańsk** (; whiles cried **Danskin** in aulder Scots scrievins) is a ceety on the Baltic coast in northren Poland, at the centre o the kintray's fowert-lairgest metropolitan aurie.

The ceety lies on the soothren edge o Gdańsk Bay (o the Baltic Sea), in a conurbation wi the ceety o Gdynia, spa toun o Sopot, an suburban communities, which thegither form a metropolitan aurie cried the Tricity (*Trójmiasto*), wi a population o ower 800,000. Gdańsk itsel haes a population o 461.935 (Juin 2014), makin it the lairgest ceety in the Pomeranie region o Northren Poland.

Gdańsk is Poland's principal seaport as well as the caipital o the Pomerania Voivodeship. It is an aa historically the lairgest ceety o the Kashubian region. The ceety is close tae the umwhile late medieval/modren bundary atween Wast Slavic an Germanic lands an it haes a complex poleetical history wi periods o Pols rule, periods o German rule, an extensive sel-rule, wi twa spells as a free ceety. It haes been pairt o modren Poland syne 1945.

Gdańsk is situatit at the mooth o the Motława River, connectit tae the Leniwka, a branch in the delta o the nearbi Vistula River, whose waterway seestem supplies 60% o the aurie o Poland an connects Gdańsk tae the naitional caipital in Warsaw. This gies the ceety a unique advantage as the centre o Poland's sea tred. Thegither wi the nearbi port o Gdynia, Gdańsk is an' a' an important industrial centre. Historically an important seaport an shipbiggin centre, Gdańsk wis a member o the Hanseatic League.

## Internaitional relations

### Twin touns — Sister ceeties
Gdańsk is twinned wi:

## References

## Freemit airtins
Cleidin

**Cleidin** (cried **claes** an **attire** an aa) is a collective term for **garments**, eetems worn on the bouk. Cleidin can be made o textiles, ainimal skin, or ither thin sheets o materials put thegither. The weirin o cleidin is mostly restrictit tae human beins an is a featur o nearly aw human societies. The amoont an teep o cleidin worn depend on bouk teepe, social, an geografic considerations. Some cleidin can be gender-speceefic.

Pheesically, cleidiin serves mony purposes: it can serve as pertection frae the elements an can enhance saufty in hazardous activities sic as hikin an cuikin. It pertects the weirer frae reuch surfaces, rush-causin plants, insect bites, sclinters, thorns an prickles bi providin a baurier atween the skin an the environment. Claes can insulate against cauld or het condeetions. Forder, thay can provide a hygienic baurier, keepin infectious an toxic materials awey frae the bouk. Cleidin forby provides pertection frae ultraviolet radiation. Weirin claes is a social norm an aa, as bein deprived o cleidin in front o ithers mey be embarrassin, or nae weirin claes in public tae the extent that genitals, breasts or buttocks are veesible coud be seen as indecent exposur.
Toun

A **toun** is a kynd o settlement reengin frae a pickle tae mony thoosand (whiles hunders o thoosands) indwallers, awtho it micht can be applee'd lowse e'en tae muckle metropolitan areas; the preceese meanin chynges atween kintras an isna aye a maiter o legal defineetion. For ordinar, a "toun" is thocht o as lairger nor a veelage but smawer nor a "ceety", tho thare's exceptions tae this rule. The wirds "ceety" an "veelage" cam intae Scots frae Laitin via French. "Toun" an "burgh" is o hamelt Germanic oreegin, frae Auld Inglis *burg*, a fortifee'd settlement, an *tūn*, an enclosed bit grund.

In Auld Inglis an Auld Scots, "Toun" (or "town", "ton", etc.) oreeginally meant a fortifee'd municipality, whauras a burgh wisna fortifee'd. But that disteenction daedna last lang, an "Edina Burgh" or "Edinburgh"—nou cried a "ceety"—wis a fortifee'd "toun" frae its foondin.

## References


## See Forby

*Ceety
*Burgh
*Veelage
*Clachan
Arbroath

**Arbroath** (Scots Gaelic: *Obair Bhrothaig* that translates leeterally as 'at the mooth o the Brothock', gien *Aiberbrothock* in Auld Scots) is an umwhile ryal burgh an the lairgest toun in the cooncil area o Angus in Scotland, an haes 22,785 indwallers. It lees on the coast o the German Ocean, aboont 17 mile nor-east o Dundee an 51 mile sooth o Aiberdeen.

Its history begoud, like naurby Dundee, wi the Pechts in the Airn Age, an bid a wee veelage till 1178 AD, whan King William the Lion foondit an abbey.

The toun is kenspeckle as the hame o the Declaration o Arbroath, the statement o Scots unthirldom signed by the nobeelity in the 14t century.

The toun is hame tae twa hie schuils, Arbroath Hie Schuil, in a west-end 'o' Toun, an Arbroath Academy that serves the east-die 'o' toun. Arbroath Hie is the muckliest an a auldest out 'o' the twa 'o' them.

Arbroath bis set tae thrang the Arbroath 2020+1 festival, efter it wis put doon in April 2020 unil July 2021 aucht tae Covit19.

Arbroath is hame tae wan futba team, Arbroath F.C., which is well kenspeckle fur hudden the wurld recurd fur lairgest win, the team won 36-0 aginst Bon Accord F.C

Arbroath Railway Station is ben a wee bit controversial recently, acause Network Rail put doon 69 bollards ootside the station tae stop illegal parking, the local cooncil has compleet aboot the bollards, but Network Rail are yet tae get back tae them.

## Notes
German

**German(s)** mey refer tae:

* something derivin frae or relatin tae Germany
** the German leid, spoken in Germany an nearbi kintras
** Germans, a ethnic group
** Germanic fowks, ony o the Germanic fowks
** A ceetizen o the Federal Republic o Germany

## Places
* German, New York
* German Township, ony o several tounships
* German (pairish), on the Isle o Man
* German, Bulgarie, a quairter o Sofia
* German, Iran, a veelage in Semnan Province, Iran
* German (Republic o Macedonie)
* Agios Germanos, in Greece

## Meethological beins
* German (meethologie), a male spirit in the fowklear o Serbie an Bulgarie

## Ither
*German Hird, a breed o dug
*German (name), the gien name or surname o several fowk
*Germans (baund), a Canadian rock baund
Erse-Scots

**Erse-Scots** is the name o the eithnic group in Scotland wha are o Erse origin. Maist o the Erse-Scots cam tae Scotland durin the 19t century acause of the Erse Faimin whit causit aroond 250,000 Erse fowk tae cam tae Scotland. Thay wuid cam tae Scotland in muckle nummers again in the mid 20t century lookin for wark as the Erse economy haed muckle unemployment. The nummers in whit Erse Scots hae cam tae Scotland are kenable in the nummer o Roman Catholics in Scotland. Roman Catholics were anely aboot 5% o the population o Scotland in the mid 19t century but nou adays thay mak up aroond 15% of the Scottis population. Awtho thare are aroond 800,000 Erse-Scots in Scotland verra few o them state thair eithnicity as Erse despite mony o them bein Erse naitionalists.

Celtic Fitbaw Club are maistly follaed bi Erse-Scots an were foondit bi them, thay are muckle rivals wi Rangers Fitbaw Club wha are maistly follaed bi the native Scots o the wast o Scotland. The Erse-Scots an native Scots hae haed fasht times parteecular in Glesga, this is maistly due tae the releegious an eithnic differences atween the twa fowks an the naitural tension atween natives an immigrants. Erse-Scots are maistly Roman Catholics an the native Scots are maistly Protestants, this difference is kenable acause o the unalike schuils in Scotland an is stelt bi the fitbaw rivalry atween Rangers FC and Celtic FC, an tae a smawer boond the fitbaw rivalry atween Edinburgh clubs Hert o Midlowden FC an Hibernian FC.

Sam famous Irish-Scots are Sean Connery, Tommy Sheridan an Billy Connolly.
Billy Connolly

**William Connolly**, CBE (born 24 November, 1942, in Anderston, Glesga) is a Scots comedian, actor, muisicker, an presenter. He is whiles kent in his native Scotland bi the eikname *The Big Yin*.

In the early 1960s, Connolly's first tred wis as a welder (specifically a bylermakker) in the Glesgae shipyerds, but he gied it up at the end o the decade sae's he cud be a fowk singer. In the middle o the 1970s, he chynged career again, this time becomin a comedian, a role that he held at til 2018. Forby, he is a penter an a actor, an haes appeart in films the likes o *[[Indecent Proposal]]* (1993) an *[[Mrs. Brown]]* (1997), that he wis nominatit for a BAFTA for.

## Early an personal life
Connolly wis born at hame in Anderston, Glesga. He grew up in a tenement in the same area. Connolly haes five weans. He is mairit on Pamela Stephenson, the maw o his three yungest weans.

In 2013, he wis diagnosed wi Parkinson's disease an haed surgery for prostate cancer. In Januar 2019, Connolly sayed he wis "near the end o his life" as his Parkinson's got waur.

## Career
Connolly haes ackit in a wheen films, the likes o: *Indecent Proposal* (1993), *Mrs. Brown* (1997), *The Boondock Saints* (1999), *The Debt Collector* (1999), *The Man Who Sued God* (2001), *The Last Samurai* (2003) and *Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events* (2004). He gied his vyce tae the films *Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties* (2006), *Open Season* (2006 and 2008), an *Brave* (2012).

Connolly is aye gettin votit Britain's best comedian by television viewers. He is a fowk muisiker an television presenter an aa.

Connolly wis nominate for a BAFTA award for his pairt in the film Mrs. Brown. He wis gien a CBE in 2003.

## Soorces


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Boudica

**Boudica** wis Queen o the Iceni. She led an uprisin against the Romans in 60/61 BCE. The Battle o Watling Street against the 9t legion wis her definin battle.
## References
Auld Erse leid

**Auld Gaelic** () is the leid frae whaur modren Erse, Manx an Scots Gaelic cams. It ance haed its aine alphabet an aw but went oan tae pick up the Laitin alphabet uised bi the modren Celtic leids.
Poker

**Poker** is a caird gemme pleyed wi at least twa fowk, wi nae mair nor ten at ony ae table, but wi as mony tables as ye like.

The object o the gemme is tae win sae muckle siller as ye can by winnin haunds (or pats) agin the opponents at yer table.

In tournament poker, ance there's naebody left cept yersel then ye're the winner. In siller gemmes ye can but oot ony time ye like.

## References
Deil

**The Deil** (whiles ca'd *deevil*, *Auld Nick*, *the Ill ane*, *Nickie-Ben* or *Cluitie* in Scots) is the teetle gien tae the supernaitural bein, that, in mainstream Christianity, Islam, Zoroastrianism an some ither releegions, is believed tae be a pouerfu, ill entity an the tempter o fowk. The Deil is for common associate wi heretics, infidels, an ither unbelievers. He is said tae bide in Hell.

The name "Deil" cams frae the Greek wird *diabolos* (διάβολος), that means "slanderer" or "accuser".

## In popular culture

The deil comes intae mony a story an piece o literature sich as Wandering Willie's Tale by Sir Walter Scott an Tan O'Shanter by Robert Burns. There are also proverbs sich as "if ye sup wi the deil use a lang spoon".

## In Islam

In Muslim tradeetion, the deil is ca'd *Šayṭān* an his ain name is *Iblis*. When God (*[[Allah]]* in the Koran) creatit the first man, ca'd "Adam" bat Iblis wha wis a friend o God refusit tae dae this, pretendin that he wha wis o fire creatit woudna mak prosternation affore a man sot o glaur. Sae, thar wis a maledict on him Iblis, an he askit for a delay (let him live till the end o warld) tae mak sin in men. Allah accordit this delay, this wey fowks woud be mair in the battle o guid versus ill.

The Deil is full o pride for himsel. He haes bairns (the genies) wha are awso daemons at his disposal.

## References
Centurie

A **centurie** or **century** (frae the Laitin *centum*, meinin ae hunder), whyls cried a **yeirhunder** (a newlins clekit collocation unkent in tradeetional Scots tho Aulder Scots haes the collocation *hunder ȝere* for a centurie), is ae hunder consecutive yeirs. 
Centuries ar nummer'd ordinalie (e.g. "the seivint centurie AD").

## See forby

* Day
* Week
* Month
* Year
* Decade
* Millennium
Irish Republican Army

The **Erse Republican Airmy** (Erse: *Óglaigh na hÉireann,* Inglis: *Irish Republican Army*), kent as IRA forby, wis the airmy o the Erse Republic an later oan ae parameelitary airmy. The IRA is nou kent as the Auld IRA tae stoap confusion wi ither groups caad the IRA (the Offeecial IRA an the Proveesional IRA). The Erse Republic wis declarit in 1916 an included aw 32 cooties o Ireland. Hooanever, the Unitit Kinrick wadnae recognise the laund. Sae the IRA went tae war frae 1919-1921 wi the UK in the Erse Weir o Unthirldom. Aifter the war, Ireland wis split intae the Soothren Ireland (later Erse Free State an then Republic o Ireland) an Northren Ireland. The split caused the Erse Civil War frae 1921 till 1922 an the IRA teuk the anti-treaty side whilk gaed oan tae lose. This lead tae the IRA been makkit ane illegal airmy an the role o the offeecial airmy o the new Erse Free State went tae ae new organisation.

Aifter this the IRA remainit inactive untae the Border Campaign o 1956-1962. Later oan in the 1960s the IRA split intae the Offeecial IRA an the Proveesional IRA. Baith airmies seen themselves as ae continuation o the Auld IRA. The Offeecial IRA offeecial disbanded in 1972 an the Proveesional IRA bides active the day, hooanever nae langer uses force an is conseederit tae be nou militarily inactive.
Offeecial IRA

The **Offeecial IRA** (Erse: *Óglaigh na hÉireann*) wis an Erse Naitionalist Parameelitar airmy. It wis makkit oot o a spleet frae the Auld IRA alang wi the Proveesional IRA in the meedle o the 1960s. It wis seen bi its members tae be a conteenation o the Auld IRA an wis disbaundit offeecially in 1972.
Erse Republic

The **Erse Republic** (Erse: *Poblacht na hÉireann* or *Saorstát Éireann*, English: *Irish Republic*) wis an unrecognised kintra that existit frae its declaration in 1916 tae the Anglo-Erse Treaty in 1921. It includit aw 32 coonties o Ireland that nou maks up the Republic o Ireland an Northren Ireland. It wis declared durin the Easter Risin bi the rebellion leaders. As Ireland at the time wis pairt o the Unitit Kinrick the Breetish Government wadna recogneese the kintra's independence. This lead tae the Erse War o Independence. Efter the war a treaty wis signed, sinderin Ireland intae twa kintras, Northren Ireland that wad bide pairt o the Unitit Kinrick an Soothren Ireland (syne the Erse Free State an syne Republic o Ireland) that wad be a domeenion athin the Breetish Empire. The signin o this treaty lead tae the Erse Ceevil War.
Erse Free State

The **Erse Free State** (Erse: *Saorstát Éireann*, Inglis: *Irish Free State*) wis the kintra frae 1922 tae 1937 makkit frae the Anglo-Erse Treaty. It wis a domeenion athin the Breetish Empire an wis makkit up o the 26 coonties that's nou the Republic o Ireland. It wad hae been makkit up o aw 32 coonties o Ireland but 6 coonties teuk up the chaunce tae opt oot an becam Northren Ireland. It follaed on frae the Breetish thocht o Soothren Ireland that ne'er cam tae be realised. The Erse Free State wis replaced bi the Republic o Ireland.

## References
Louvre

The **Louvre Museum** (), in Paris, Fraunce, is the warld's maist veesited airt, a museum, a historic kenmerk, an a naitional seembol.

It haes echt departments: Oriental Antiquities, Egyptian Antiquities, Greek Antiquities, Roman an Etruscan Antiquities, Islamic Airt, Sculptures, Airt objects, Picturs an paintins, Graphic Airts. It presents 35,000 airt warks in 60,600 m² o space. 

## References
Mesrop Mashtots

**Mesrop Mashtots** (Armenie: Մեսրոպ Մաշտոց) (361 or 362, Hatsik, in Taron - 17 Februar, 440, Echmiadzin) wis an Armenie monk, theologian an linguist. He is kent best for haein cleckit the Armenie ABC (405-406) that wis a fundamental stap in strenthenin the Armenie Kirk, the govrenment o the Armenie Kinrick, an ultimately the bond atween Armenies in the Armenie Kinrick, the Byzantine Empire, an the Persie Empire.
Soothren Ireland

**Soothren Ireland** (Erse: *Deisceart Éireann*) wis the kintra that follaed on frae the Erse Republic as an affcome o the Anglo-Erse Treaty. It ne'er really cam tae be realised but offeecially teuk effect in Mey 1921 but wis feenished bi 1922 whan the Erse Free State wis proclaimed.
Erse Ceevil War

The **Erse Ceevil War** wis a war focht in Ireland atween the Erse Airmy an the IRA frae 1922 tae 1923. The war follaed frae the Erse War o Independence an cam oot o a disagreement ower the signin o the Anglo-Erse Treaty. Ae side wis pro-treaty (Free State) an the ither anti-treaty (IRA). The war wis won bi the Free State.

## References
Anglo-Erse Treaty

Tha **Anglo-Erse Treaty** (Erse: *An Conradh Angla-Éireannach*) was ae treaty atween the Erse Republic an Unitit Kinrick. Tha signin o tha treaty was tha end o the Erse War o Independence an allowed Ireland tae becam ae domeenion within the Breetish Empire. It statit that Ireland wuid still hae the King as Heid o State. It alsae gave tha 6 coonties wheech nou maks Northren Ireland the chaunce tae opt oot o the domeenion an stey as pairt o the Unitit Kinrick. These borders whaur oreeginally meant tae be redrawin aifter ae plannit Boondary Commeesion. Tha treaty causit ae muckle stir amang the memmers o the Dáil o the Erse Republic. Hauf o tha memmers o the Dáil thocht this tae be sellin oot an tha ither hauf were for tha treaty. This fecht lead tae the Erse Ceevil War.
Border Campaign

Tha **Border Campaign** was a meelitar campaign bi tha IRA in Northren Ireland frae 1956 tae 1962. It is kent as the *Reseestance Campaign* an aw or bi it's codename *Operation Harvest*. It's ettle wis tae ower thraw the Unitit Kinrick in Northren Ireland an mak the ae Unitit Ireland. It wis focussed on tairgets aboot the Erse border, maistly Breetish Airmy barracks. It feenished in 1962 efter it wis decidit tae hae been a failure. It wis follaed on bi the Ceevil Richts Muivement, thath in itsel lead on tae the Tribbles. It seen 11 IRA volunteers an 6 RUC deid alang wi 32 RUC woundit.
Erse Weir o Unthirldom

The **Erse Weir o Unthirldom** (kent as tha **Tan Weir** or **Anglo-Erse Weir** an aw, Erse: *Cogadh na Saoirse*) wis a weir atween the Breetish Govrenment in Ireland an the IRA focht atween 1919 an 1921. It was focht unner the authority o the Dáíl, the Erse Pairliament. It resultit in a treaty atween the Unitit Kinrick an Ireland, the Anglo-Erse Treaty. It lead tae the makkin o Soothren Ireland, later Erse Free State an Northren Ireland. The weir wis follaed bi the Erse Ceevil War.
Kinrick o Scotland

The **Kinrick o Scotland** (Scots Gaelic: *Rìoghachd na h-Alba*) wis a state in nor'wes Europe that existit fae 843 till 1707. It occupee'd the northren third o the island o Great Breetain an shared a laundmairch tae the sooth wi the Kinrick o Ingland, that the Kinrick o Scotland jyned wi for tae mak a unifee'd Kinrick o Great Breetain, unner the terms o the Treaty o Union, in 1707.

## References
Xena: Warrior Princess

**Xena: Warrior Princess** is a televeesion programme aboot a group o weemen that bide in Greece. It stars Lucy Lawless an Renee O'Connor.
Bill Clinton

**William Jefferson Clinton** (born **William Jefferson Blythe III** on August 19, 1946 in Hope, Arkansas) wis the 42nt Preses o the Unitit States, frae 1993 tae 2001 wi Al Gore as Vice Preses, efter defeatin George H. W. Bush in the 1992 election; he defeatit Bob Dole in the 1996 election. George W. Bush succeedit him in 2001. He representit the Democratic Pairty, an wis previously Govrenor o Arkansas.

He is marriet tae Hillary Clinton, Unitit States Senator frae New York (2001 tae 2009) an Unitit States Secretar o State unner Barack Obama (2009 tae 2013). She is the Democrats' candidate in the Unitit States presidential election, 2016, runnin against Donald Trump. Thay hae a dochter, Chelsea Clinton (born 1980).

## References
George Washington

**George Washington** (22 Februar 1732 - 14 December 1799) wis ane o the Foondin Faithers o the Unitit States, servin as the commander-in-chief o the Continental Airmy durin the American Revolutionary War an later as the new republic's first Preses.  He presidit ower the convention that draftit the Constitution.

## Legacy
Washington, D.C., the caipital o the Unitit States, is namit for him, as is the State o Washington on the naition's Paceefic Coast.

## References
Highworth

**Highworth** is a smaw toun juist north o Swindon in the Sooth Wast o Ingland. It haes a population o 7,996.

## References
Blunsdon

**Blunsdon** is a wee veelage benorth Swindon in Wiltshire, Ingland. It haes a population o 5,641.

## References
Cirencester

**Cirencester** is a mercat toun in Sooth Wast Ingland. The River Churn rins throu the toun. Cirencester is the muckle maist toun in the Cotswold Destrict.

## History

Cirencester wis an early Roman toun. They biggit a fort thare an it wis a thrivin trokin centre. Than, efter the Romans, cam the Saxons. A kirk wis foondit in Cirencester in the 9t or 10t century but it was shent in the 12t century an anither kirk wis biggit. In Tudor times mony Cirencester merchands becam rich throu naitional and internaitional troke. By the 18t century it wis a thrivin mercat toun. These days quite a few tourists veesit the toun acause o it's bonnie architecture.

## References
Barack Obama

**Barack Hussein Obama II** (born 4 August 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii, Unitit States) is an auld Preses o the Unitit States. He wis electit Preses o the Unitit States o Americae in 2008. He assumed affice oan 20 Januar 2009. He is the first African American tae haud the affice. Obama afore served as a Unitit States Senator frae Illinois, frae Januar 2005 till he dimitit efter his election tae the presncy in November 2008. Obama wis electit Preses for a seicont time in November 2012. He servit until 20t Januar 2017 afore bein succeedit bi Donald Trump.

Obama is a graduate o Columbia University an Harvard Law Schuil, whaur he wis the preses o the *[[Harvard Law Review]]*. He wis a comity organiser in Chicago afore earnin his law gree. He wirked as a ceevil richts lawer in Chicago an taucht constitutional law at the University o Chicago Law Schuil frae 1992 tae 2004.
Michael Collins

**Michael John ("Mick") Collins** (Erse: Mícheál Seán Ó Coileáin; 16 October 1890 - 22 August 1922) wis an Erse revolutionar leader, Meenister for Finance o the First Dail in 1919 an Director o Intelligence for the IRA durin the Erse Weir o Unthirldom. He wis shotten an killt durin the Erse Ceevil War in 1922.

## Bairnheid an youth
He wis born in Sam's Cross in Wast Cork, Ireland on 12t October 1890. He wis the youngest o aicht bairns. His faither dee'd whan the young Michael wis anely sax year auld.

Whan he wis young he developpit a stark feelin o naitionalism. Whan he wis 15 year auld, he flittit tae Lunnon and bidit wi his sister while studyin at Keeng's College, Lunnon. In 1906 he jynit the Breetish Ceevil Service, an tae pass the exam he haed tae ruise the Breetish Empire. He wis than empolyit bi the Post Offish. He than jynit the Erse Republican Britherheid, a saicret Erse naitionalist society.

## Politics
### Pace Risin
Michael Collins wis inrowit in the Pace Risin in 1916, fechtin wi Patrick Pearse an ithers in the General Post Ofeesh, Dublin.

He wis reestit an he wis sent tae Frongoch Internment Camp. In thare his guideship shawit an efter release he becam a leadin feegur in Sinn Fein.

### First Dail
In 1918 he wis electit as MP for Cork Sooth. Housomeiver, as wi aw Sinn Fein MPs, he daed nae tak his seat in Westminster but set up a Pairlament in Dublin insteid. The cried the nou Pairlament Dail Eireann (Erse for Assemly o Ireland) an met in Dublin for the first time in 1919.

## Erse Weir o Unthirldom
Durin the weir Collins wis keppit verra busy. He gart a group o assassins kill Breetish spies, he organisit the Irish Republican Airmy an he wis smugglin wappens intae Ireland for the weir. He wis responsible for the creation o the Fleein Columns o the IRA. Efter the weir, Collins wis inrowit in the negotiations of the Anglo-Irish Treaty.

## Anglo-Irish Treaty
The Treaty proponed the creation o an Erse Free State but that Ireland wis parteetionit Northren Ireland bade in the Unitit Kinrick. Forby, Ireland wad be a dominion o Breetain an nae independent. This wis naur passit bi 64 votes tae 57 in the Dail, an the Republicans wis spleet. Michael Collins gree'd wi the treaty whilk meant he wis on the pro-Treaty side o the resultin Erse Ceevil Weir.

## Erse Ceevil War an daith
In 1922 the anti-Treaty IRA stertit a Ceevil Weir bi occupeein the Fower Coorts in Dublin (even tho Collins wis saicretly plannin a guerilla weir agin Nothren Ireland). Collins didnae want tae stairt a weir, but the Breetish warnished him that, if he didnae dae somethin aboot the IRA, thay wad. Unner Collins the Free State troops teuk back guidal o Dublin but anti-Treaty sodgers still haudit Munster an ither auries an aw. Collins pat hissel in danger bi veesitin the Sooth o the kintra in a shottie fur tae negotiate a parley wi Tom Barry an Tom Hales. At the veelage o Beal na mBlath, his convoy wis attackit an he wis shotten and killt.

## See an aw
*Erse Weir o Unthirldom

## References

## Fremmit airtins
*  Michael Collins Centre 
*  Collins 22 Society
Éamon de Valera

**Éamon de Valera** (; 14 October 1882 – 29 August 1975) wis a verra important 20t century Erse poleetical feegur. He wis the heid ane for Ireland for mony terms. He wis ane o the leaders o Erse unthirldom an he wis on the anti-Treaty side o the Ceevil War. He foondit the Fianna Fáil pairty, the muckle maist pairty in Ireland.

## Bairnheid an youth

De Valera wis born in New York Ceety in 1882, tae a Spainyie-Cuban faither an an Erse mither. Tho this is disputit. His faither dee'd in 1885, an he wis taen tae Ireland wi his Uncle Ned an he wis brocht up in Limerick bi his grandmither, her son, Patrick, an her dochter, Hannie. At 16, he gaed tae Dublin, for tae study at Blackrock College, an thare he stairtit playin Rugby (he gaed on tae play for the Munster rugby team).

In 1903 he wis appyntit teacher o maths at Rockwell College. The neist year he graduatit frae the Royal University o Ireland an syne gaed ontae teach at Blackrock College.

## Politics

He becam an acteevist for the Erse leid, an jynt the Conradh na Gaeilge, whaur he met his wife Sinead. In 1913 he jynt the Erse Volunteers, an than the Erse Republican Britherheid.

He wis inrowed in the Easter Risin an efter the surrender he wis reestit an impreesont in Kilmainham Jyle. He wis sentenced tae execution, but public opeenion wis agin executions sae he joukit it.

In 1919 at the meetin o the First Dail, de Valera becam Preses o Dail Eireann. He gaed tae Americae for tae raise siller for tae fund a Republic o Ireland. He raised $5,500,000. In the meantime in Ireland, the Erse War o Unthirldom haed stairtit.

## Ceevil War

Efter the War, negotiations stairtit. This led tae the Anglo-Irish Treaty that meant Ireland wad be spleet intae twa kintras wi ane, Northren Ireland, bidin in the Unitit Kinrick an Soothren Ireland becomin a domeenion o Breetain, no a Republic.

De Valera wis agin the treaty, but it wis still passt. This led tae a Ceevil War atween pro-Treaty an anti-Treaty factions. De Valera wis nominally heid ane o the anty-Treaty forces, but haed little pouer.

## Fianna Fail an President

Efter the war, he foondit Fianna Fail, a republican pairty an in 1932 he becam Prime Meenister o Ireland. In 1937 he makkit a new consitution o Ireland, the Bunreacht na hÉireann. In 1949 Ireland wis declared a Republic.

De Valera dee'd in 1975 whan 92 year auld.
Galway

**Galway** (Erse: *Gaillimh*) is a ceety on the wast coast o Ireland. It haes a population o 72,414 fowk an is the thrid muckle maist ceety in the Republic o Ireland. 

## History
Galway wis foondit in 1124 bi the Keeng o Connacht, Tairrdelback Ua Conchobair, an cried Dún Bhun na Gaillimhe, Erse for "Fort at the Fit o the Gailimh". A toun grew aboont the fort. In the 1230's, Galway wis captured bi the Normans, the Normans war gien provost status bi the Inglis croun in 1484. Houaniver, thay didna git on wi the native Erse, no lattin thaim in the ceety athoot permeesion. The fowk that ran the ceety wis kent as the Tribes o Galway, thay war fowerteen merchand faimlies (12 Norman, 2 Erse). Galway's herbour became the main centre o troke frae Fraunce an Spain. Galway wis for ordinar agin Inglis rule, an in the Cromwellian Conquest o Ireland wis anerly captured efter a nine month siege, an thay supportit the Jacobites in the Williamite War. Efter the war, they ceety's economy dwined. Galway suffered again in the 19t century endue tae the muckle Erse Faimin. A university wis biggit ine 1845, than kent as Queen's University o Ireland. Galway wis for ordinar no ower inrowed durin the Erse War o Unthirldom, this wis endue tae the muckle Breetish Airmy presence in the ceety. But local trokers did stairt the boycott agin Nothren Erse guids. Durin the Ceevil War the ceety wis occupee'd by Erse Free State troops. Nouadays Galway is a thrang ceety, wi mony veesitors tae the ceety ilka year.

## See an aw

*Connacht
*Coonty Galway

## References
Connacht

**Connacht** (Erse: Cúige Chonnacht, meanin "stewartry o the descendants o Conn") is the wastren stewartry o Ireland, makkin ane o the fower stewartries. It conseests o five coonties, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo, Roscommon an Sligo. The main ceeties is Galway ceety an Sligo. It haes a population o 503,083 fowk, the smawest population o the fower stewartries.

## History

It haed lang been a proveencial kinrick whan the Normans invadit Ireland, an held oot agin the Normans mony times till in 1225 it wis hinderly invadit an the Burke faimly becam de facto rulers. Houaniver the ruling O'Conor faimly held the teetle King o Connacht till the late 17t century. In 1798, Connacht haed a short exeestence as the Republic o Connacht, wi the support o Fraunce.

## The Banner
The first record o the banner is on a cairt o Galway frae 1651. The banner leuks like the banner o Schottenkloster or Erse monastery in Regensburg, Bavarie. Hou that banner becam the banner o Connacht is unbekent.

## Erse leid

The Erse leid is spoken in the Gaeltacht in Mayo an Galway that represents a muckle pairt o the Erse leid speakers.

## References
Ulster

**Ulster** (Erse: *Ulaidh*) is ane o the fower provinces o Ireland, alang wi Leinster, Munster an Connacht. Ulster haes nine coonties, sax in Norlin Airlan as pairt o the Unitit Kinrick an the ither three in the Republic o Ireland. Ulster is whiles wrangly uised as a synonym fur Norlin Airlan. three

## History
Ulster is cried efter the Ulaid, early fowk o the area. The O'Neill clan wis the maistmuckle in the province in the early medieval period. The Normans muivit in an foondit the Earldom o Ulster. That wis aw the wey intae in the 15t century whan Ulster wis the ainly province that wisna unner Ingland. Efter the Nine Years War, it was owertaken bi Ingland an that led tae England plantin Ulster.

The plantin o Ulster led to a rebellion bi Catholics. The war atween the religious curns endit wi the province bein occupee'd bi Cromwell's airmy.

Than in 1688 war begoud again wi the Williamite War, wi Catholics uphaudin James an Protestants uphaudin William o Orange. The Jacobites haed owerins ower the hail o Ireland but Derry an Enniskillen, an defeats thare led tae  the lave o Ireland bein ower haled by the Williamites.

In the 19t century, Ulster wis the maist weel-aff stewartry in Ireland. The releegious divide becam a poleetical divide forby atween Protestant Unionists, an Catholic Nationalists. This divide cam aboot ower Hame Rule. Unionists wis agin this an nationalists upheld it. Durin the Erse War o Unthirldom, thare wis a lock street fechtin atween Catholics an Protestants in Belfast. Whan Ireland dividit, Northren Ireland, sax coonties o Ulster, chuised tae bide in the Unitit Kinrick.

The Troubles waur a religious fecht in Norlin Airlian frae tha late 1960's tae 1988. As thay waur focht maistly in Norlin Airlan, Ulster wis whaur muckle fechtin happent. This fechtin tendit tae be atween nationalists (sic as tha Erse Republican Airmy), unionists (sic as tha Ulster Defence Association) an that Breetish Airmy. 

Votin in the sax coonties o Nothren Ireland tends tae be on releegious raisons, again anent nationalism an unionism. In the Republic o Ireland's coonties this is less prevalent.

## Demographics
### Fowk
Ulster haes a population o aroon 2 million fowk, wi aroon a hauf million folk in Belfast, the maistmuckle city o the province. Anent hauf the population o Ulster reside in the Coonties o Aintrim an Doun.

### Leids
Maist fowk spik Inglis. The seicont maist leid is Erse wi wee Gaeltacht areas in the province. Scots is spoak in Northren Ireland an in the east o Coonty Donegal, by maist Ulster Scots fowk. 

The maistmuckle incomer leid o the stewartry is Cantonese, acause o the lairge nummer o Cheenae fowk o Belfast.

### Religion
The province, fae the 2001 UK and the 2002 Erse censuses is 49% Catholic an 48% Protestant. 3% o fowk hae nae religion.

## See forby
* Ulster Scots

## References
Munster Rugby

Munster is ane o fower Irish rugby union provinces, bidin at Thomond Pairk.

They are the ane Irish coar tae have bat Nou Zealand, beirin the gree 12-0 oan 31st October 1978.

They wan the Heineken Kemp in 2005/06, paikin Biarritz 23-19.

They wan the Celtic League in 2002/03

## Munster Squad 2018-19
Leinster

**Leinster** () is ane o fower Erse stewartries, the ithers bein Munster, Ulster an Connacht. Leinster haes the muckle maist population o the fower stewartries; 2,292,939 fowk. It is the stewartry wi the ceety o Dublin.

### Coonties
Carlow
Dublin
Kildare
Kilkenny
Laois
Longford
Louth
Meath
Offaly
Westmeath
Wexford
Wicklow
Martin Luther King Jr.

**Martin Luther King, Jr.** (Januar 15, 1929 – Apryle 4, 1968) wis an African-American activist, clergyman an leader o the ceevil richts muivement. He wis born in Atlanta, Georgie an wis assassinatit in Memphis, Tennessee. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964.
Londonderry

**Londonderry** (Ulster Scotch an Inglis spellin o **Lunnonderry**), kent by monie fowk as **Derry,** frae the Airisch Gaelick *Doire* (meanin aik-shaw), is the seicont mukkiles ceitie in Ulster (eftir Belfast) an the fowert-mukkilest ceitie on the iland o Ireland. In the 2001 Census the ceitie proper haed 83,652 indwallers.

The ceitie ligs in the nor'wast o Northren Ireland naur the mairch wi Coonty Dunnygal, whilk is pairt o the Republic o Ireland. The ceitie is naur the mooth o Loch Foyle an kivers baith banks o the River Foyle. The auld wawd ceitie o Derry is on the wast bank o the River Foyle. The wast bank is aften kent as "Ceitiesyd" whyls the aest bank is aften kent as "Wattirsyd". 

In 2013, Derry became the first Unitit Kinrick Ceitie o Cultur, haein been gien the teetil in Julie 2010.

## Name
The name Derry is an anglifee'd form o the auld Airisch *Daire*, spelt *Doire* in modren Airisch, meinin "aiken-shaw". In 1613, the ceitie wis grantit a Ryal Chairter bi King James I an the "Lunnon" prefix wis eikit, chyngin its name til Lunnonderry. A Hie Coort deceision in Januar 2007 statit that this byds sae. 

Houaniver, the ceitie is mair aften kent as Derry an this is the name broukit bi the ceitie cooncil, airport, fitbaw club an rigby club.

## Historie
The ceitie is ane o the auldest touns in Ireland, wi the auldest records, datin frae the 6t centurie. The ceitie wis shent durin the Tudor owertakin o Ireland in 1608.

In the 17t centurie, durin the plantations o Ulster, monie Breetish fowk cam til Derry.

Durin the 19t centurie monie fowk left aucht til the Erse Faimine. 

Follaein the parteition o Ireland in 1921, the toun becam a mairch ceitie.

Eftir the Northren Ireland Ceivil Richts Muvement wis declared unlawfu, the ceitie wis gey affectit bi The Tribbles, wi a lot o fechtin atwein Catholic Naitionalists an Protestant Unionists.

## Demografie
Nouadays, thar is 90,736 fowk bydin in the Urban Airt; 77.8% o thir fowk is Catholic, wi maist o the lave bein Protestant.

## Sport
Baith fitbaw an Gaelic Fitbaw is weil-likit in the ceitie. The Derry Ceitie Fitbaw Club plays in the Leig o Ireland, in the Republic o Ireland, aucht ti croud tribbil in the bygane.

## References
Erse Airmy

The **Erse Airmy**, kent semply as the **Airmy** (; ), is the laund component o the Defence Forces o Ireland.

## References
Hurlin

**Hurlin** (Erse Gaelic *iománaíocht* or *iomáint* ) is a sport played in Ireland. It is gey auld, gaun back tae afore Jesus Christ. The gemme is played uisin a widden stick, kent as a hurley (*camán* in Erse) an a wee baw cried a *sliotar*. The aim o the gemme is tae pit the baw in the opponent's dale for tae win pynts.

## See an aw
* Gaelic Fitbaw
* Shinty
Gaelic Fitbaa

**Gaelic Fitbaw** (Erse Gaelic: *Peil*, *Peil Ghaelach*, or *Caid*) is a kin o fitbaw that's played in Ireland. Thare's 15 players on a team, an the aim o the gemme is tae win mair pynts nor the opponents, that is duin bi pittin the baw throu the opponents dale.

## See an aw
* Hurlin
* Rugby union

## References
David Hume

**David Hume** (7 Mey (New Style)/26 Apryle (Auld Style) 1711 – 25 August 1776) wis a Scots economist, historian, author an philosopher. He wis verra important in Wastren Philosophy.
Malcolm X

**Malcolm&nbsp;X** (; 19 Mey 1925 21 Februar 1965), born **Malcolm Little** an an' a' kent as **El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz** (), wis an African-American Muslim meenister, public speaker, an human richts activist. Tae his admirers, he wis a courageous advocate for the richts o African Americans, a man who indictit white Americae in the hairshest terms for its creemes against black Americans. His detractors accuised him o preachin racism, black supremacy, antisemitism, an violence. He haes been cried ane o the greatest an maist influential African Americans in history, an in 1998, *[[Time (magazine)|Time]]* named *[[The Autobiography of Malcolm&nbsp;X]]* ane o the ten maist influential nonfiction beuks o the 20t century.

Malcolm&nbsp;X wis born in Omaha, Nebraska. The events o his childhuid, includin his faither's lessons concernin black pride an sel-reliance, an his awn experiences concernin race played a significant role in Malcolm&nbsp;X's adult life. Bi the time he wis thirteen, his faither haed dee'd an his mither haed been committit tae a mental hospital. Efter livin in a series o foster hames, Malcolm&nbsp;X became involved in a nummer o creeminal activities in Boston an New York. In 1946, Malcolm&nbsp;X wis sentenced tae aicht tae ten years in preeson.

While in preeson, Malcolm&nbsp;X became a member o the Nation of Islam, an efter his parole in 1952 he became ane o the Nation's leaders an chief spokesmen. For nearly a dozen years he wis the public face o the controversial group. Tension atween Malcolm&nbsp;X an Elijah Muhammad, heid o the Nation of Islam, led tae Malcolm&nbsp;X's quittin the organisation in Mairch 1964. He then became a Sunni Muslim an made a pilgrimage tae Mecca, efter which he disavoued racism. He subsequently traveled extensively throughoot Africae an the Middle East an foondit Muslim Mosque, Inc., a releegious organisation, an the secular Pan-Africanist Organization o Afro-American Unity. Less nor a year efter he left the Naition o Islam, Malcolm&nbsp;X wis assassinatit bi three members o the group while givin a speech in New York.
Johnson Beharry

Lance-Corporal **Johnson Gideon Beharry VC** (born Julie 26, 1979, in Grenada), o the 1t Battalion, Princess o Wales's Royal Regiment is a British soldier who, on 18 March 2005, wis awairdit the Victoria Cross, the heichmaist militar decorement for byous valour in the Breetish and Commonwealth airmed forces, for twice saufin members o his unit frae ambushes on 1 Mey an again on 11 Juin 2004 in Al-Amarah, Iraq. He gat verra sairious heid injuries in the seicont fecht. Beharry wis gied the Victoria Cross bi Her Maijesty Queen Elizabeth II on 27 Apryle 2005.
Oklahoma

**Oklahoma** is a state in the Unitit States o Americae. The caipital is Oklahoma Ceety. The name *Oklahoma* comes frae the Choctaw wirds *okla* an *humma* (reid fowk).It is borderit bi the state o Texas on the south an west, Kansas on the north, Missouri on the northeast, Arkansas on the east, New Mexico on the west, an Colorado on the northwest. It is the 20th most extensive an the 28th most populous o the 50 unitit states. Oklahoma territory an indian territory were mergit intae the state o oklahoma whan it became the 46th state tae enter the union on november 16, 1907. Its residents are known as oklahomans ( or colloquially , "okies"), an its capital an largest city is oklahoma city.

## Freemit airtins

;State government

*Oklahoma state govrenment wabsteid

## Relatit information

## References
Ryal Navy

The **Ryal Navy** is the naval defence force o the Unitit Kinrick. It is ane o the muckle maist navies in the warld, wi 90 ships. It haes aboot 37,500 fowk in it, aboot 7,500 o thaim are in the Ryal Marines.
Ryal Marines

The **Ryal Marines** is the ampheebious infantry o the Unitit Kinrick an maks up, wi the Ryal Navy an Ryal Fleet Auxeeliar, the Naval Service. Thare's aboot 7,500 men in the Marines, an they are weel trained, gaun throu ane o the maist teuch an lang trainins in the warld.

## History

The Ryal Marines cam intae bein on 28t October 1664, tae fecht in a weir agin the Dutch, they war cried the "Admiral's Regiment". Ane o the maist faur-kent vicotries o the Marines wis the fangin an fendin o Gibraltar.

Durin the 19t century the Marines war inrowed in a lot o fechtin, includin the Crimean Weir. Forby, the Marines feucht at the laundin at Gallipoli an led the raid at Zeebrugge. 

Warld Weir 2 wis whan the Ryal Marines first becam commandos. Thay war inrowed wi mony battles o WWII, sic as the Allied invasion o Sicily an D-Day in Normandy. Thomas Peck wis the anerly marine awairdit the Victoria Cross durin WWII, for his actions at Loch Comacchio, he is also the hindermaist marine to be awairdit the Victoria Cross.

Efter the weir, the Marines feucht in Korea, becomin the first furrin unit to be awairdit the American Preses Unit Citation. Mair action in the faur east cam in Malaya an in Borneo. Efter 1969, the Marines war aft in Northren Ireland, durin the Tribbles. The Marines war inrowed in the Falklands Weir an aw, famously "yompin" athort tae the caipital, Stanley, an helpin tae defeat the Argentineans.

The Marines, hiv been deployed tae baith Iraq an Afghanistan an are at praisent inrowed in fechtin the Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
Parachute Regiment (Unitit Kinrick)

The **Parachute Regiment** is ane o the regiments that maks up the Breetish airmy. It the airborne infantry regiment o the Breetish Airmy. It's trainin is ane o the teuchest in the warld that helps it be kent as an elite fechtin force.

## See an aw
* Breetish airmy
* Ryal Marines

## References
Kosovo

**Kosovo** is a Balkan kintra in sooth-wastren Europe. It haes a laund mairch wi Montenegro tae the nor'wast, Serbie in the nor'east, the Republic o Macedonie in the south an wi Albanie in the sooth east.

## Recognition
Serbie hinna recognised Kosovo as a kintra, gied Kosovo declared unthirldom frae Serbie. A list o aw the kintras whit hae recognised the kintra is here ablo:

;Notes

## References
Horse-thristle

The **Horse-thristle** for ordinar growes in Europe, North Africae an Asie, it is a virr, biennial wi coorse, piky leafs an kenspeckle jaggy-weengit stocks.

The flouer o the thristle haes been the naitional emblem o Scotland syne the time o Alexander III (1249 - 1286) an wis uised on siller cunyies issued by Jeames III in 1470.

Gaun by leegend, an invadin Norse airmy wis ettlin, by nicht, tae sneak upo a Scots airmy encampment. Ae barefit Norseman haed the wanluck tae pit his fit on a thristle that gart him skelloch wi pyne, lattin licht tae the Scots that the Norse wis oot an aboot. Some threaps that wis the Battle o Largs that merkit the onset o the awagaun o King Haakon IV (Haakon the Elder) o Norrowey, wha haein owerins o the Northren Isles an Hebrides, haed herriet the coast o the Kinrick o Scotland for mony a year. Piky plants sic as brammles seems tae hae been uised aboot forts lang syne, sae the story, whither adae wi the Haakon episode or no, is likely the affcome o mair nor ae sic ploy.
Shane MacGowan

**Shane MacGowan** (born 25 Dizember 1957 in Pembury, Kent; deed 30 November 2023 in Dublin) wis an Erse muisicker an sangster, maist weel-kent for bein the lead sangster o The Pogues.
Spinus spinus

The **gowdie** (*Spinus spinus*) is a smaw passerine bird in the finch faimily, Fringillidae.

A cutty form o gowdspink (*Carduelis carduelis*) is gowdie. The wheary (*Regulus regulus*) is whiles kent as the gowdie an aw.

## References
Gowdspink

The **Gowdspink** or Gowdie (*Carduelis carduelis*) is a wee birdie that's weel kent as gairden birds in Scotland an haes a fondness for the seeds o the thristle an the taisle. They wis aften taen as birds for the cage but this is nou ootwi the law.

Merk that *[[Spinus spinus]]* is kent as the gowdie an aw.

## References
Heather lintie

The **heather lintie** is a name uised for a puckle wee birdies that's thocht tae bide amang the heather.

* The rose lintie (*Acanthis flammea*)
* The lintie (*Carduelis cannabina*)
* The muir lintie (*Carduelis flavirostris*)
Forbidden Ceety

The **Forbidden Ceety** in Beijing o the Fowk's Republic o Cheenae, hame tae the Emperors o the Ming an Qing Deenasties.

## References
Robert Beckford

**Robert Beckford** (born 1965) is a theological academic that's weel kent for his mony recent programmes on Chainel 4. He's no sae popular amang the evangelical chiels, but the lave o the kintra seems tae like his sindry documentaries aboot the Bible an Auld Testament, as they aye repeat them on Chainel 4 at Yuiltid.

Maugre o creeticism frae a curn evangelical louns, thare's nae evidents o creeticiesm frae ony academics nor jurnalists o the muckle TV an written wark o the aye popular academic.
Scocha

**Scocha** is a fowk-muisic baund frae Hawick. The baund haes five members; Iain Scott, David Chapman (kent as Chappy an aw), Alan Brydon, Doug 'Animal' Anderson an Phil Clayton. Thay're a richt popular baund in Hawick and in mony ither pairts o the Warld.

## Discography

***Bordering On...***

***The Land We Love***

***Gie'd Some Wellie***

***Scocha Live***

## Fremmit airtins
Scocha