Man who cooks everything on gas mark 7
@lownesandtheifis.bsky.social
Deaf social historian, EM Scotland, marginality, crime, poverty, vagrancy.
Random posts on darker side of life in early modern Edinburgh and Canongate
Random posts on darker side of life in early modern Edinburgh and Canongate
I have absolutely ZERO interest in any aspect of life right now; hate it when I get this low. Light will come, it’s just a matter of waiting for it…
August 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
I have absolutely ZERO interest in any aspect of life right now; hate it when I get this low. Light will come, it’s just a matter of waiting for it…
10th Birthday Party, Saturday August 2nd...
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July 28, 2025 at 5:56 AM
10th Birthday Party, Saturday August 2nd...
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#OTD (14th July 1408) in the CSS to C. VII & B. XIII of Avignon, 1378-1419, we find swapping of benefices due to a vacancy created when William de Lauder was elevated to the See of Glasgow, so long as he resigned the Canonry of Dunkeld and Prebendary of Russill. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
July 14, 2025 at 8:18 PM
#OTD (14th July 1408) in the CSS to C. VII & B. XIII of Avignon, 1378-1419, we find swapping of benefices due to a vacancy created when William de Lauder was elevated to the See of Glasgow, so long as he resigned the Canonry of Dunkeld and Prebendary of Russill. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
July 15th, a very happy day for me. With thanks to @mchapelproject.bsky.social and @kiritekatawa.bsky.social
July 17, 2025 at 8:09 AM
July 15th, a very happy day for me. With thanks to @mchapelproject.bsky.social and @kiritekatawa.bsky.social
Edinburgh, the last day of April 1591. John Dickson – Broken on the Wheel
‘Payit to Nicol Gilmour for making of the row with ane quheill and ane skaffald at the Croce and for setting up ane stoup at the gallows at the Burrowmure to have laid his bodie upoun.
For drinksilver to the childer
‘Payit to Nicol Gilmour for making of the row with ane quheill and ane skaffald at the Croce and for setting up ane stoup at the gallows at the Burrowmure to have laid his bodie upoun.
For drinksilver to the childer
July 14, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Edinburgh, the last day of April 1591. John Dickson – Broken on the Wheel
‘Payit to Nicol Gilmour for making of the row with ane quheill and ane skaffald at the Croce and for setting up ane stoup at the gallows at the Burrowmure to have laid his bodie upoun.
For drinksilver to the childer
‘Payit to Nicol Gilmour for making of the row with ane quheill and ane skaffald at the Croce and for setting up ane stoup at the gallows at the Burrowmure to have laid his bodie upoun.
For drinksilver to the childer
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#OTD (11th July 1728) William Dickson, wright (carpenter) at Cockenzie, recorded that his week’s work for the Winton Estate was only two days, suggesting a patchwork of employment for different employers. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
July 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
#OTD (11th July 1728) William Dickson, wright (carpenter) at Cockenzie, recorded that his week’s work for the Winton Estate was only two days, suggesting a patchwork of employment for different employers. www.scottishrecordsociety.org.uk
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Rare evidence of Gaelic-speaking dogs in 19th century Dunbartonshire ... #Gaelic @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social
May 12, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Rare evidence of Gaelic-speaking dogs in 19th century Dunbartonshire ... #Gaelic @wilsonmcleod.bsky.social
Yey! I did it!
May 5, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Yey! I did it!
Trial of Jean Livingston, Broughton 1600
January 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Trial of Jean Livingston, Broughton 1600
Anyone know where 'John Kelly Close' was in the Canongate, c.1613/14? @oldscotbooks.bsky.social @kiritekatawa.bsky.social @michaelpearce.bsky.social
January 12, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Anyone know where 'John Kelly Close' was in the Canongate, c.1613/14? @oldscotbooks.bsky.social @kiritekatawa.bsky.social @michaelpearce.bsky.social
Happy December 25th. It is NOT Christmas! As evidenced from Scriptures 1649
December 25, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Happy December 25th. It is NOT Christmas! As evidenced from Scriptures 1649
Whey aye! I'm ganning hyem the morra, marra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAH...
December 13, 2023 at 10:39 AM
Whey aye! I'm ganning hyem the morra, marra
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAH...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpAH...
🎵 How shall we love you, holy hidden Being,
If we love not the world which you have made?🎵
If we love not the world which you have made?🎵
December 11, 2023 at 1:57 PM
🎵 How shall we love you, holy hidden Being,
If we love not the world which you have made?🎵
If we love not the world which you have made?🎵
Counting human cost of plague in Canongate, 1646
December 8, 2023 at 8:07 AM
Counting human cost of plague in Canongate, 1646
When executioners retired...
December 6, 2023 at 12:32 PM
When executioners retired...
Wee map, highlighting why intersections of jurisdictional boundaries were so important to vagrants
December 6, 2023 at 12:19 PM
Wee map, highlighting why intersections of jurisdictional boundaries were so important to vagrants