{"product_id":"doon-tha-wal-raa-philip-robinson-9781739905620","title":"Doon tha Wal Raa: Ulster-Scots Crack fae Ballywalter","description":"\u003ci\u003eDoon tha Wal Raa\u003c\/i\u003e is a collection of stories, local history snapshots, poems, and letters; all written in Ulster-Scots by William Cromie, a fluent native speaker who also includes valuable observations on the distinctive character of the language itself in the Ards Peninsula. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWullie Cromie was born in a cottage in Wal Raa (Well Road), Ballywalter, in 1936, and grew up in a world where everybody spoke Ulster-Scots, although to them it was just the way everybody talked. The Ulster-Scots stories recorded in this book were part of the wide repertoire that Wullie used 'ad lib' for his story-telling performances when he travelled the country for 30 years entertaining packed halls along with his Greba (Greyabbey) equivalent, Wull Muckleboy (Will McAvoy) - a duo that became local 'stars' known as the 'Twa Wulls'. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn providing these Ulster-Scots yarns as written texts for the express purpose of this publication, Wullie Cromie has demonstated for a wider audience his special talent for capturing the living language, history and culture of the area he called \u003ci\u003ehame\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip Robinson, William Cromie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1739905628\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781739905620\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ulster-Scots Academy Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/17\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 92\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.19d","brand":"Philip Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47001732219135,"sku":"9781739905620","price":8.82,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21f18b11-7b5f-446f-93b2-dffae022d629.jpg?v=1751601972","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/doon-tha-wal-raa-philip-robinson-9781739905620","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}