ABOUT THIS BOOK
PUBLISHER: Birlinn General
FORMAT: Hardback
ISBN: 9781904598510
RRP: £7.99
PAGES: 64
PUBLICATION DATE:
August 11, 2005
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Handsel: Scottish Poems for Welcoming and Naming Babies
Lizzie MacGregor
This is a selection of contemporary and classic Scottish poems, in Scots, English and Gaelic with appropriate translations and glossaries. Share these words with friends and families – touching and eloquent as a message sent with a baby gift, clear and immediate if you choose to read them aloud at a naming ceremony.
Lizzie MacGregor
Lizzie MacGregor is Assistant Librarian at the Scottish Poetry Library.
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