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Kintra: Ballyhemlin’s wee house for singing in, the Reivers return to Hawick, and a local yarn does well in a Scottish competition.

Ballyhemlin’s wee house for singing in, the Reivers return to Hawick, and a local yarn does well in a Scottish competition.

BBC Radio Ulster - Kintra, Ballyhemlin’s wee house for singing in, the Reivers return to Hawick, and a local yarn does well in a Scottish competition.

Discovering a precentor’s house, the Reiver’s festival returns and an award-winning yarn.

Discovering a unique house for singing in at Ballyhemlin, a local short story earns another prize in Scotland for a Ballymoney man, and remembering the Reivers.

Matthew Warrick joins the team to talk about his recent visit to Hawick for the Reiver’s Festival and the strong connections the border Reivers have with Ulster.
In the carpark of a church down the Ards peninsula, Helen Mark meets Billy Carlisle to hear about the Precentor’s house recently discovered beside Ballyhemlin church – as well as a home for the singing leader, it was a base for learning the tunes of the Scottish metrical Psalms – but with nonsense words.
Rab Lennox talks to Alan Millar about an Ulster-Scots short story and poem he entered in the Scottish Sangschaw competition with great success - for the second year in a row.
Willie Hill keeps the banter flowing this week and as always, the team love to hear from listeners with a yarn, song or poem to share or an Ulster-Scots event to promote.  You can contact them at kintra@bbc.co.uk.



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