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Froissart’s Scotland

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The 14th century chronicler Jean Froissart wrote in French. After travelling in Scotland, he invented French translations for Scottish places.

Edinburgh – HANDEBOURCH
Stirling – STRUVELIN
Roxburgh – ROSEBOURCH
Aberdeen – BREDANE
Fife – FII
Dalkeith – ALQUEST
Dundee – DONDIEU
Dumbarton – DOUBRETAGNE
Strathearn – ASTRADERN
Erskine – VERSI
Buchan – BOSQUEM
Sutherland – SURLANCKT
Moray – MORET
Jedburgh – GEDEOURS

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Rural Life

Get to church on stilts

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In Moray, bridges would be washed away so often, folk used stilts as a reliable way to cross rivers. On Sundays in Kirkmichael parish in 1807, almost 600 people “stilted” the Avon to get to church. Even after good bridges were built, many “wad raither stilt”.

Hall, J. (1807) Travels in Scotland, by an Unusual Route. Vol. 2. J. Johnson, London. 622 pp.