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National Library of Scotland
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Scotland's national library. A treasure trove of Scotland’s knowledge, history and culture.
- Some #Scottish emojis on #WorldEmojiDay (via @JamesMelville) 🤓 🤢 Peely-wally 😤 Steamin 🤐 Wheesht ☔️ Dreich 😠 Radge 👍 Braw 🤪 Numpty 🍔 Scran 🍺 Bevvy 😵 Blootered 🍀 Jammy 😲 Jings 😴 Kip 😫 Boak 😍 Bonnie ⚽️ Fitba 🥊 Skelp 🥔 Tattie 💩Jobby #Scots
- Suffragettes march down #Edinburgh's Princes Street in 1909. Never forget the hard - sometimes bloody - struggle for women's suffrage that resulted in (some) women gaining the vote exactly 100 years ago today. #Vote100 #Suffrage100 #Suffragette100
- This is Samwell Sam reads books, Cures fictional diseases And proves Snow genealogy Sam proves that the mind Is mightier than wildfire Sam uses libraries Be like Sam #Tuesdaythoughts #GameOfThrones
- The word 'bed' is shaped like a bed
- The battle of #Culloden took place #onthisday in 1746. The #Jacobites, under Charles Edward Stuart, were defeated by loyalist forces. This is a 1748 plan of the battle, drawn by an eyewitness > shop.nls.uk/library/item10… #Scotland
- This is Samwell Sam reads books Cures diseases And investigates Snow genealogy Sam proves that the mind Is mightier than wildfire Sam uses libraries* Be like Sam #Tuesdaythoughts #GameOfThrones
- This tweeter has had 'Donald where's your troosers?' by Andy Stewart playing in their head all afternoon. For some reason it's been accompanied by this image of @SamHeughan from @Outlander_STARZ. Just one of those days...
GIF - This is your Scottish libraries bookish weather update... "NOT ALL THOSE WHO WANDER ARE LOST." ― J.R.R, Tolkien
