"Oxter" [ok-ster] Meaning: Armpit
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The Ulster-Scots Agency is involved in a range of activities - from funding musical and dance tuition, language projects, publishing Ulster-Scots publications and attending events which promote Ulster-Scots within Ulster and further afield. Below is a selection of our most recent news, older stories may be viewed in the news archive:
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Census Day on 21st March is a great opportunity to capture who we are.
The Census only happens once every 10 years, it looks at who we are and how we live and provides vital information about us, our society and our future needs. The information it collects is used by central government to determine how services, including health and education, are planned and funded in your local area. more »
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Exciting New Tender Opportunities
Tendering Opportunities more »
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Newry, Mourne & Down Ulster-Scots Circle
An online discussion panel about the Ulster-Scots language. more »
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Ulster-Scots Leid Week 2020
Ulster-Scots Leid Week more »
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Wheen O Wurds 2
This year we are launching a second Ulster-Scots language quiz ‘Wheen o Wurds II’. more »
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Derry and Strabane District
Ulster-Scots Leid Week 23rd November - 27th November 2020 more »