General Search
The search facility on this page makes a general search of the entire DGNHAS website.
To search the contents of the online Transactions only, you may wish to use the separate search page: Search Transactions - TDGNHAS cards
Displaying 201 - 210 of 2412 itemsTDGNHAS Card: 3086-5
… The end of Gaelic in Galloway is as obscure as its beginnings. It is likely that the … source of conflict with Scottish kings from David I to David II. Crucially, it led Galloway’s Gaelic kindreds to … in Galloway. Under the Douglases, Scots began to displace Gaelic as the language of Galloway. By the end of …
… nostalgically about the 'good old days' but Fiona J. Houston went one step further and spent a year in the '18th … crockery used was wooden (apart from a pewter plate for 'best'). She even made her own mattress and stuffed it with … and practical in the 1890s and thus she rejected the more common older head-dress look — so 1870s! Her daily tasks …
Meeting: Saving Scotland’s Red Squirrels
… Dr Stephanie Johnstone, Conservation Officer, South West Scotland, although … to the red from the grey and from squirrel pox which is carried by the grey squirrels. The reds are native to … sexually mature and polygamous. Their babies, ‘kittens’, become independent at 10 weeks. Stephanie discussed ‘why …
Meeting: The Castles of the Glenkens
… Members were treated to an interesting pictorial tour of that part of Galloway … asserting its independence and power struggles were taking place. Detailed plans of Balmaclellan, Dalry and Parton … from Boreland Motte at Parton, which was named by the Royal Commission as a 'citadel' because it took advantage of a …
Meeting: The secret life of cowpats
… began her career with the RSPB on Oronsay in the Western Isles, where she worked for three years. Here, the RSPB … for the benefit of wildlife on the island, particularly to ensure the supply of nutritious dung beetle grubs which … benefits. Several other insects and their larvae are commonly found in cowpats. These include the common Yellow …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 2
… Exhibits [1878, 4th October] Author: Council, The 1 Micro-photographs of a Fly's … Council, The 10 Exhibition and Discussion regarding Asbestos [Summary only] Author: Grierson, T.B. 12 Exhibits … and Troqueer Holm Author: Not declared 27 Field Meeting. Comlongan Castle [Mention only] Author: Not declared 30 …
Volume: TDGNHAS Series II, Volume 8
… Obituary: George Hamilton of Kirkcudbright Author: Council, The 2 Mr Aitken's … Scott-Elliot, G. F. 11 Notes on a Herbarium collected by Miss E.G.Adams and Miss S.D. Johnston at Cowhill Author: … April] and Exhibits Author: Council, The 70 Some Curious Place Names Author: Dudgeon, P. 70 A General Catalogue of …
TDGNHAS Card: 3084-10
… The early history of the society was recorded by Sir Hugh Gladstone in … Address of 19122 – and indicates that the Society, having commenced in 1862, ran ‘in a prosperous condition till May …