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A Curious Episode at Balquhidder: Placenames in the North & the Nackens
28 October, Scottish Storytelling Centre, Edinburgh – free, ticketed

Dr Robert Fell on how the folklore of Nackens (Scottish Gypsy Travellers) can give insights into Scotland’s history & place names

https://sisf.online.red61.co.uk/event/913:6267/913:27696/

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Talks & Lectures
A Curious Episode at Balquhidder: Placenames in the North and the Nackens

Alan Bruford Memorial Lecture 2025

(Tue 28 Oct: 6pm)

Scottish place names and their origins are important. Join Dr Robert Fell to hear about the perspectives of Nackens (Scottish Gypsy Travellers) and how their folklore can give us unique insights into Scotland’s history and her place names. With special guest Shamus McPhee, who recounts a curious episode from Highland Perthshire that gave Balquhidder its name.

Presented in memory of Scottish scholar Alan Bruford, in partnership with the University of Edinburgh’s Department of Celtic and Scottish Studies.

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Belle Stewart (1906–1997) – singer, storyteller, tradition-bearer – was born #OTD, 18 July, in a bow tent on the banks of the Tay at Caputh, near Blairgowrie. She ranks alongside Jeannie Robertson in the roll of the finest Scots ballad-singers.

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