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Gaelic place names of the Lothians

by: Milne, John

Publication date: [1912]

Topics: Names, Geographical -- Scotland

Publisher: London For the author by McDougall's educational company, limited

Collection: robarts; toronto

Contributor: Robarts - University of Toronto

Language: English

Addeddate: 2007-02-02 14:57:37

Call number: AAS-8748

Camera: 5D

Copyright-evidence: Evidence reported by andrea@archive.org for item gaelicplacenames00milnuoft on February 2, 2007: no visible notice of copyright; exact publication date unknown.

Copyright-evidence-date: 20070202145708

Copyright-evidence-operator: andrea@archive.org

Copyright-region: US

External-identifier: urn:oclc:record:812148542

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Identifier: gaelicplacenames00milnuoft

Identifier-ark: ark:/13960/t29883x1r

Lcamid: 1020707127

Full catalog record: MARCXML

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Reviewer: Quintinius - - September 27, 2022
Subject: Belongs in the bin

This book is the work of a fantasist and should never have made it to print. After falsely claiming that Gaelic was the original language of Britain and that Stonehenge was built by Gaels, the author goes on to link almost every place-name in Lothian to a supposed Gaelic original. Musselburgh, a town once famous for its mussel beds, becomes "Mas Coill Bruch", the round hill. Joppa, named after a place in the Bible, becomes "Dubh Abh", the black water. Even names as self-explanatory as Pathhead and Hillend are totally misinterpreted. If you're looking for reliable information on the place-names of Lothian, look elsewhere.

Reviewer: perar - - September 14, 2018
Subject: Do not use this book

This contents of this book are worthless and every derivation is wrong; do not use this as a source.

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