And when I am in the boards

my words will be a prophecy.

They will return, the stock of the crofters

Who were driven over the sea.

And the aristocratic ‘beggars’

will be routed as they (the crofters) were.

Deer and sheep will be carted away

and the glens will be tilled;

A time of sowing and a time of reaping,

and a time to reward the robbers.

And the cold ruined houses

will be built up by our kin

Over the years I have had many conversations in which there has been the complaint that large chunks of Scottish history, both events and people, have been left out of our education.

I therefore thought that, in addition to our other shows, it was about time that some of these stories and people should get some more publicity, and so here is the second in a new series of podcasts- Scotland’s Missing Histories.

For the second episode I spoke with author Liz MacRae Shaw about the life of a woman so remarkable that they named her several times – Mairi Mhor nan Oran, Mairi Mhor, Big Mary of the Songs, Mary MacPherson and others.

Liz wrote a biography of a woman who lived through and fought against, and then to reverse the highland clearances. Mary also went to prison despite very possibly being innocent, and did something that Beyoncè et al tend to do these days long before it was normal, Mhairi’s was not a normal life.

Hope you enjoy…

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If there is any story from Scottish history that you feel people need to know more about, leave a note in the comments or email me and I will try to put something together.