A Kist o Wurds

A Kist o Wurds is a braw BBC Radio Ulster programme i an anent the guid hamely tungue o the Ulster-Scots fowk, an takkin in Ulster-Scots culture forby. It leuks at Ulster-Scots historie, music, poietry, an o coorse the guid leid itsel. Ye can finnd a cleek tae the richt, an gin ye follae thon, ye'll can listen til the program, an finnd mair anent Ulster-Scots, whiles cried Ullans. Juist mind the'r a bit BBC News at the innin. Gin ye'r een then wintin mair o A Kist o Wurds, ye can follae the cleek for the Ulster-Scots Agency tae the richt, then yaise the Awaur cleek, an then the Living Culture cleek, whaur ye'll find echt installments frae 2003 an 2004, whan the shaw wis hostit bi Conal Gillespie. Forby thon, ye'll finnd mair spokken wurd mateerial, includin a sonsie tale caa'd Fergus an the Stane o Destinie, that has adae wi the Ulster-Scots past an aa the flittin an ongauns that kythed anent the mony migrations atween Airlann an Scotland.

There fowk, specially in Ulster, threaps at Ulster-Scots is no a dialeck o Scots an is its ain langage an aa. Hooaniver, the feck o fowk seems tae think o Ulster-Scots as yin o the mony dialecks o Scots. Whitiver Ulster-Scots is, it's a valuable heirskip. Sae apen up a Kist o Wurds an see whit traisurs is inbye.

Weir

Sae, it luiks as tho the Weir has finally taen til hit's wark. Burds, bogs, and sunsheen are finndin thay'r maist walcome. It hed begoud tae luik lik Wunter wasnae gaun til gie it up! Cauld it was, owre lang.

Bit noo it's bonnie an aa. Lat is be sae. An whan the Simmer comes, we'll hae a het twa three month, bit the noo we've the Weir tae enjoy. Tho, A canna bit say, A'm luikin forrit tae the hairst! Whit can A say? I luve it.