Robert Burns Night
People in Scotland, and all around the world, will be cutting into a haggis today or lifting a wee dram to the memory of Robert Burns, our national poet. Like many Scottish libraries, St Andrews has many editions of…
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James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022: A glimpse into the history and practice of South Indian Classical dance
We are pleased to announce that the winner of the James David Forbes Collecting Prize 2022 is Lakshmi Thiagarajan, who graduated last year with an MA in Management and Philosophy. In this blog she tells us about her…
The Yule Days – Day 13 – ‘Three stalks o’ merry corn’
The king sent his lady on the thirteenth Yule day, Three stalks o’ merry corn, three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a…
The Yule Days – Day 12 – ‘Three maids a-merry dancing’
The king sent his lady on the twelfth Yule day, Three maids a-merry dancing, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three…
The Yule Days – Day 11 – ‘Three hinds a-merry hunting’
The king sent his lady on the eleventh Yule day, Three hinds a-merry hunting, an Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three goldspinks, three starlings, A…
The Yule Days – Day 10 – ‘An Arabian baboon’
The king sent his lady on the tenth Yule day, An Arabian baboon, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was gray, Three plovers,…
The Yule Days – Day 9 – ‘Three swans a-merry swimming’
The king sent his lady on the ninth Yule day, Three swans a-merry swimming, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges,…
The Yule Days – Day 8 – ‘Three ducks a-merry laying’
The king sent his lady on the eighth Yule day, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my…
The Yule Days – Day 7 – ‘A bull that was brown’
The king sent his lady on the seventh Yule day, A bull that was brown, three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? …
The Yule Days – Day 6 – ‘Three goldspinks’
The king sent his lady on the sixth Yule day, Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? Goldspinks is the Scots…