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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.

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Kist O Wurds: Series 39

A Kist o Wurds: Series 39: Episode 48

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Episode 48

Series 39

BBC Radio Ulster - A Kist o Wurds, Series 39, Episode 48

A Kist o Wurds presented by Helen Mark celebrates all things Ulster-Scots.

A Kist o Wurds celebrates all things Ulster-Scots. This week Helen Mark hears from Brenda Collins about the Scots who left the Borders to settle in Ulster.

A Kist o Wurds presented by Helen Mark celebrates all things Ulster-Scots. This week Helen Mark hears from Brenda Collins about the Scots who left the Borders to settle in Ulster - but why are some of their histories often forgotten? Wilson Burgess has a wheen o thochts on waddins, and the Low Country Lad, Darren Gibson, reads a poem from Ballads of Down. To mark the 40th anniversary of his death in August 1977, Alister McReynolds remembers Elvis Presley, who is believed to have Scots-Irish roots on both sides of his family.

A Kist o Wurds: Series 39

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