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The London Letter Monday night. 'PHOSE M.P.s who are none -*■ too well endowed with this world's goods—there ..

... Euclid, Newton, and a host others. :::::::: :::::::: Bright BRIGHT, sunny and still, all out keeping with the season. A red sky to-night promises another fine day. icq Hundred Ago ABERDEEN* JOURNAL Tuesday. January 9, I*so. No. 106. We hear from Edinburgh ...

Published: Tuesday 10 January 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 999 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

January Night Sky

... January Night Sky THE night has wrapped a velvet cloak About her shoulders bare, And sprinkled silver star-dust in Her flowing dusky hair; The great Orion she has pinned Across her sequined breast, And on her brow the new moon for A diadem doth rest; ...

Published: Friday 20 January 1950
Newspaper: Mearns Leader
County: Kincardineshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 76 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

U.S. TRIP FOR A LUCKY SCOT

... in the drama. The plays presented were-. The Story Ruth, by Inverurie South Church (producer, Joan Glascodine); Red Sky at Night, by Daviot Youth Club (producer. George H. Sinclair); and A Family Comedy, by Inverurie Youth Club (producer, John Low) ...

Published: Friday 17 February 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 504 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

SOME QUEER WEATHER NOTIONS

... tricks ready. A red evening sky may foretell rain, hurricane, frost oi thunder. Lore in Verse. In the Highlands a green sky a much surer omen of a rainy day than red dawn. It seems a pity that the feeble verse about the red sky is so much better know than ...

Published: Thursday 09 March 1950
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Illustrated | Words: 643 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

WINTER IN SPRINGC’S LAP

... behaviour in the springdme, there were no late snaps of frost, thanks to the blanket of cloud which generally covered the sky by night, and the result was one of the heaviest crops of berries, currants, etc., seen for many years. Tons ol excellent fruit ...

INTO BATTLE

... ship- wrecked sailor strike out with hi• arms in the midst of the sea, though no land is in sight.—Ovid. Hope is like the sky at night; then► is no corner so dark bat that • persevering hand will discover • star.—Octave Feuillet. ...

Published: Thursday 13 July 1950
Newspaper: Dalkeith Advertiser
County: Midlothian, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 176 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Children of Eastern School, Broughty Ferry, were in high spirits when they started studies on Monday after the ..

... THE ANGUS SKY The causes of the Aurora Borealis or Northern Lights (writes Colin Gibson) are as difficult to understand as the effects are hard to describe. Watching last Saturday night's display, which towards midnight dominated the whole sky and dimmed ...

MYSTERIES OF BIRD MIGRATION

... navigation by remembered landmarks, why travel at night? And why travel at night anyway? Here, perhaps, we shall riot be too far off the mark when we recall that radio reception is much more powerful at night than during the day, and also during the anti-cyclonic ...

Published: Friday 22 September 1950
Newspaper: Aberdeen Press and Journal
County: Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 1012 | Page: 2 | Tags: none

AUTUMN COMMUNION

... but they could not get the engine started up. A tractor bogie was also lost. The tractor is covered by insurance. The red sky at night meanwhile was arousing concern over a wide area. Brechin folks hurried out the West Road to see (he fire. Cars lined the ...

Published: Tuesday 17 October 1950
Newspaper: Brechin Advertiser
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 777 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

CURLING THEN AND NOW

... The Scots Magazine (Is). Looking back the old days, he remembers when weather wise eyes would study the sky every night, for a clear starry sky spelled frost and the chance of a game on the morrow. Nowadays modern ice _ rinks have removed all doubts ...

Published: Thursday 28 December 1950
Newspaper: Dundee Courier
County: Angus, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 159 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

A Year Ago

... (h)eel. What fish is a househoid pet? —Cat fish. What fish can we slide with?-—- The skate. What fish can be seen in the sky at night?—The starfish. A Joke— Farmer Knaggs—'‘l've bought ‘a barometer, Sarah.” Farmer's wife — ‘‘Whatever fOr?n i Farmer Knaggs—''To ...

Published: Wednesday 10 January 1951
Newspaper: Paisley Daily Express
County: Renfrewshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 253 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

Campbsltown Post For Assistant Surveyor

... Young Farmers' Club will take past as a non-competing team. The pee granune is : Wednesday Douglas Water Drama Group, Red Sky at Night ; Lanark Young Farmers, Horoscope ; Learns.- C.C. Drama, The Door That Opens. Thursday Coalburn Drama Group (A) ...

Published: Friday 02 February 1951
Newspaper: Carluke and Lanark Gazette
County: Lanarkshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 432 | Page: 3 | Tags: none