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(Geekie 1904 269-70)
‘... I know every corner of this land, every little burn and stream, and even the boulders in the stream. And I know the moors and every little lochan on them. And I know the hills, and the passes, and the ruins, and I know of things that happened here on our land long, long ago … Every little place, every hillock, every hill and slope, has its own name.’
(Gunn 1976 250)
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Though place-names are usually unchanging, their study always changes. After four years, a revision was due. Some photographs and drawings have been improved. Some new ones have been added. All photographs are now in colour. The text has been redrafted. Amongst many additions, especially to the chapter on grammar and pronunciation, there are examples of how Gaelic personal names and the human body are used in place-names, with a new diagram. There is another new drawing analysing Gaelic valley form. I have modified my thinking about the Glen Dochart topomnemonic or songline, which now has a map. And I have found the real reason behind Allt a’ Bhealach Gliogarsnaiche - Burn of the Tinkling Pass, in Glen Vorlich. Some etymological sources have been added to place-name tables as well as some proverbs to chapter and subject headings. There is more to say about hares, bears and boars.