The king sent his lady on the eighth Yule day, Three ducks a-merry laying, a bull that was brown, Three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 8 – ‘Three ducks a-merry laying’
The king sent his lady on the seventh Yule day, A bull that was brown, three goldspinks, three starlings, A goose that was gray, Three… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 7 – ‘A bull that was brown’
The king sent his lady on the sixth Yule day, Three goldspinks, three starlings, a goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye;… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 6 – ‘Three goldspinks’
The king sent his lady on the fifth Yule day, Three starlings, a goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 5 – ‘Three starlings’
The king sent his lady on the fourth Yule day, A goose that was gray, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 4 – ‘A goose that was gray’
The king sent his lady on the third Yule day, Three plovers, three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? John… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 3 – ‘Three plovers’
The king sent his lady on the second Yule day, Three partridges, a papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? George Edwards (1694-1773)… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 2 – ‘Three partridges’
The king sent his lady on the first Yule day, A papingo-aye; Wha learns my carol and carries it away? Pippin-go-aye or papingo-aye is a… Read More »The Yule Days – Day 1 – ‘A papingo-aye’
Christmas in Scotland has the general reputation of being the lesser holiday in relation to the more popular Hogmanay (New Year’s Eve/Old Year’s Night) celebrations.… Read More »The Twelve Days of Christmas or The Yule Days
On the 4th January 1965 the University of St Andrews Computing Laboratory started a full-time computer service in St Andrews. In celebration of its Silver… Read More »The first computer operator
It’s World Digital Preservation Day today, with the theme ‘Digits: for Good’. Wishing our colleagues at the DPC and those working to further Digital Preservation… Read More »A note on the early days of computing in and related to St Andrews University – Part II
On the 4th January 1965 the University of St Andrews Computing Laboratory started a full-time computer service in St Andrews. In celebration of its Silver… Read More »A note on the early days of computing in and related to St Andrews University – Part I
