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A Kist o Wurds is our weekly Ulster-Scots magazine show.

A Kist o Wurds brings you Ulster-Scots music, poetry, stories and history from round the country.

Since A Kist o Wurds began in 2002, it has been BBC Northern Ireland's longest-running Ulster-Scots radio programme.  Each week we bring you a selection of music, poetry and news from all over the country. Find out more about the language, culture, literary traditions and history of Ulster-Scots.

A Kist O Wurds

A Kist o Wurds: Series 2: Programme 3

09/02/2003

Programme 3

Series 2

BBC Radio Ulster - A Kist o Wurds, Series 2, Programme 3

Valentine Romance, Scots language, spelling standards, the Agency, and Ulster-Scots words.

For Valentine's Day, Conal Gillespie tells a wee story about farmer Robbie’s search for love - and Jim Reid sings a Robert Burns classic. 

We find out about the Scots language with writer Liz Nevin - and James Fenton discusses the origins of many of our Ulster-Scots words. 

Ian James Parsley talks about the standardisation of Ulster-Scots spelling - and Lord Laird tells us about the Ulster-Scots Agency. 

Plus, editor Billy Kennedy publicises the paper ‘The Ulster Scot’.

A Kist o Wurds: Series 2

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