Folk Play Links - Scotland / Alba

Compiled by Chris Little



Ayrshire

001 - Cairntable Rhymes [Complete edition] [by Thomas Floyd, 1936, p.81 - 'Thae Days Are A' Away', poem mentioning acting "Galashuns" at Muirkirk at Hallowe'en]

Berwickshire

002 - The Goloshans [citation of Emily Lyle, in Tocher, No.32, Winter 1979-1980, pp.107-112 - Westruther fragment from Sound Archive]

East Lothian

003 - The History of Dunbar, [by James Millar, 1859, p.206 - "Guisards" with Judas]New

Fife

004 - Supplement to A Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scotsmen, by Chambers, 1835 [by Thomson, 1855 - paraphrasing, but adding mention of "Alexander the Great and Galatian" at Dunfermline, Memoir, by Anderson, 1851]

Lanarkshire

005 - Biggar Seguisers [perform Biggar text; programme]New
006 - Children's Rhymes and Rhyme Games : Personal Recollections of Fifty Years Ago [by J. Liddell Kelly, in Miscellanea of The Rymour Club, Edinburgh, Vol.I, 1906-1911 - "Goloshans" at Calder Ironworks (Carnbroe)]New
007 - Motherwell Seventy Years Ago - and Now [by [King], 1910 - including description of "The Galloshans" play]
008 - Scran [image archive] [Photo of Biggar Seguisers, by Emily Lyle - Subscription required]
009 - The Mummers, or Guisers [by W. Simpson, in Ars Quatuor Coronatorum, Vol.III Pt.1, pp.81-82 - Glasgow fragment]New

Midlothian

010 - Article about Edinburgh Folk Club [Formerly, mumming play]
011 - Criminal Trials in Scotland, [comp. by Robert Pitcairn, 1883, Vol.I Pt.I p.114fn - "Guisards" at Edinburgh]New
012 - Edinburgh Picturesque Notes [by Robert Louis Stevenson, 1879, Chapter IX - Guisards]
013 - New Year Observances in Scotland [by Robert Chambers, in Olio, Vol.IX Jan.-Aug., 1832, p.30 - guizards at Edinburgh]New
014 - New Year's Morning, in Edinburgh [by Steel, 1792, p.8 - Subscription required for Gale: Eighteenth Century Collections Online]
015 - Opening of Ailie's Garden at the Smith Art Gallery & Museum, Stirling, 16th September 2002 [Photos of Tammas]
016 - Scott and the Newcastle Antiquaries [by [George Willis ?], in Willis's Current Notes, No.77, May 1857, p.35 - Letter of Sir Walter Scott]New
017 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1811-1814 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1932, p.208 - Guisarding at Edinburgh - big pdf file]
018 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1825-1826 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1935, pp.445-447 - Guisards at Edinburgh - big pdf file]
019 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1826-1828 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1936, p.98 - Edinburgh fragment - big pdf file]
020 - The Scot Abroad [by John Hill Burton, 1864, Chapter 5 - Guisards at Liberton]
021 - Yule and Hogmanay [by [James Hogg ?], in Hogg's Weekly Instructor, Vol.5, 1847, pp.361-363 - Edinburgh fragment?]New

Papa Stour

022 - A Description of the Shetland Islands, [by Samuel Hibbert, 1882]New

Perthshire

023 - Traditions of Perth, [by George Penny, 1836, p.40 - "Guisards"]New

Renfrewshire

024 - Old Greenock Characters - Second Series [extract from Donald, 1930]

Roxburghshire

025 - A Few Reminiscences of my Early Life, by William Renton, 1926 [internet only] [Morebattle text]
026 - Scottish Borders Memory Bank [Track 12 - Audio of Jim Hall's dictated interview and transcript of Crailing Guiserts' play - including the text.]
027 - The Goloshans [ citation of Emily Lyle, in Tocher, No.32, Winter 1979-1980, pp.107-112 - Melrose & Morebattle texts from Sound Archive]
028 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1817-1819 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1933, p.287 - Hogmanay at Abbotsford, Melrose - big pdf file]
029 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1823-1825 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1935, p.144 - New Year's Day at Abbotsford, Melrose - big pdf file]
030 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1825-1826 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1935, pp.445-447 - New Year's Day at Abbotsford, Melrose - big pdf file]
031 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1826-1828 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1936, p.98 - New Year's Day at Abbotsford, Melrose - big pdf file]
032 - The Letters of Sir Walter Scott 1828-1831 [ed. by Herbert Grierson, 1936, p.282 - Hogmanay at Abbotsford, Melrose - big pdf file]

Shetland

033 - Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. [New US edition] [by Lockhart, Vol.IV, 1861, p.57 - Papa Stour]
034 - The Sword Dance of Papa Stour, Shetland [citation of Ivor Allsop, in Folk Music Journal, Vol.3 No.4, 1978, pp.324-342]New

Stirlingshire

035 - Galoshins : A New Year Play from Kippen [by Emily Lyle, in Tocher, No.36/37, 1982, pp.380-383 - Kippen text from Sound Archive, including Audio of the introductory song]
036 - Galoshins : A New Year Play from Kippen [citation of Emily Lyle, in Tocher, No.36/37, 1982, pp.380-383 - Kippen text from Sound Archive]
037 - The History of Stirlingshire [3rd edition only] [by Nimmo, 1880]

West Lothian

038 - The Goloshans [citation of Emily Lyle, in Tocher, No.32, Winter 1979-1980, pp.107-112 - Broxburn fragment from Sound Archive]

[General]

039 - Ancient Scottish Poems [1770, p.286 - gysarts]New
040 - Chambers's Book of Days [by Robert Chambers, 1879, pp.789 - Guisers or Guizards in Scotland at Christmas, Hogmanay, New-year's Day and Handsel Monday]
041 - Chambers's Book of Days [by Robert Chambers, [1863-1864] - Mention of Guisers or Guizards at Hogmanay in Scotland]
042 - Curiosities of Popular Customs [extract from Walsh, 1898 - paraphrasing Popular Rhymes of Scotland, by Chambers, 1841]
043 - Galoshins: The Scottish Folk Play [by Brian Hayward. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1992 - Questia subscription required]
044 - Scotsheets 2 [Pack for sale:]
045 - Scottish Guising: Medieval And Modern Theatre Games [by Sarah Carpenter, in International Journal of Scottish Theatre, Vol.2 No.2, Dec. 2001]
046 - Scran [image archive] [Illustration from Maidment's 'Galations' (1835) [Search for "Galoshins"] - subscription required]
047 - Sketch-book of the North [by George Eyre-Todd, 1890]

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