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O SCOTIA! MY DEAR, MY NATIVE SOIL! FOR WHOM MY WARMEST WISH TO HEAVEN IS SENT; LONG MAY THY HARDY SONS OF RUSTIC TOIL BE BLEST WITH HEALTH, AND PEACE, AND SWEET CONTENT.
ROBERT BURNS Game
Can you answer these questions about Sir William Scott, whose monument is discussed in this months “Off the Beaten Path”? 1. Sir Walter Scott First Baronet, FRSE, FSA Scot was born 15 August 1771. So with his titles appearing after his name can you tell us what FSA Scot stands for?
2. Can you name Scott’s first novel, written anonymously in 1814 and dealt with the Jacobite rising of 1745?
3. Bonnie Dundee was a name not given to the place, but a person also known as “Bluidy Clavers”. Can you name the novel in which this character appears?
4. Here are the opening lines of one of Scott’s poems. What is the name of the poem?
5. In addition to Donizetti, Franz Schubert also set some of Scott’s material to music. He set seven songs from The Lady of the Lake to music. The music for “Ellen’s Third Song” (or in German “Ellens Dritter Gesang”) is better known under a different name. Tell us, if you know, what that title is
ANSWERS TO Last Month's' QUIZ: 1. Coryvrecken is located betwen two islands.Can you name either of them?Answer: Jura or Scabra
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