OK. 1st March. The least of my worries!
Rob
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Nigel Gatherer wrote:
David Kilpatrick [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[re mickle/muckle/pickle]
Nigel, I thought this was an error too, but see Yorkshire/Cumbrian etc.
Mickle means small...I don't think pickle got changed to mickle, I think
mickle has been in Scotland as long as it's been
Re Turkey and Morocco trip - big article in today's Scotsman, plus great
photie.
Rob
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Jack Campin writes:
| Maybe the Kirghiz got it from Persia, but I can't see how any chain
| of influence could have transmitted an instrument design from Persia
| to Scotland in the Middle Ages either.
Not much mystery there, actually. The Norse were trading through
Russia down to the