Black Isle - Customs

Customs

The Black Isle had its own dialect of North Northern Scots, used mainly among fisherfolk in Cromarty, which became extinct in October 2012, upon the death of Bobby Hogg, the last native speaker.

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Famous quotes containing the word customs:

    “If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own.”
    —Herodotus (c. 484–424 B.C.)

    “So easy is it, though many housekeepers doubt it, to establish new and better customs in the place of the old.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “He is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature.”
    —George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)