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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF BRITAIN
 
  More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)

 
More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
Lallans

(Scottish for Lowlands)
Term used by *Burns for Scots, the Lowland Scottish dialect of English in which he wrote and which has a tradition going back to writers such as *Dunbar in the 15–16C. In the mid-20C there was an attempt by *MacDiarmid and others to revive it as a literary language.
 








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