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RuthSalter

@RuthSalter@mastodon.scot

Knitting, cooking, socialism and folk music.

Doctoral Researcher, University of Edinburgh: Hegemony and Counter-Hegemony in the Scottish Folk Revival (interests: cultural hegemony, Gramsci, critical folklore, 'folk' culture, cultural revivalism, history of folk, Scottish folk culture and music, labour history, working-class culture)

Plus I make a cocktail-based pie every month.

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RuthSalter, to socialism
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Today is 87 years since Antonio Gramsci died at the hands of the Italian Fascists.

Gramsci, a founder and leader of the Italian Communist Party, was imprisoned by Mussolini’s regime in 1926. During his imprisonment he wrote extensively about history, politics and society.

His work on the role of culture, ideology, and the consent rulers obtain from those they rule has been influential in understanding how groups gain and maintain power.

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#Gramsci #Marxism #Socialism #Communism #Fascism

RuthSalter,
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The circumstances leading to the fascism of Gramsci's time are starkly comparable with the current rising tides of fascism; it terrifies me on a daily basis.

Nonetheless, Gramsci was optimistic about how people, together, can create change: 'when the individual can associate himself with all the other individuals who want the same changes ... the individual can be multiplied an impressive number of times and can obtain a change which is far more radical than at first sight seemed possible.'

RuthSalter, to knitting
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Looks like folk are keen for a #FeelingFestiveMAL!

Feeling Festive MAL (make-a-long) is a # for anyone wanting to share, see & chat seasonal makes.

The MAL is for everyone - all festivities, seasonalities & holidays around this time of year, & all forms of makes including art, craft & culinary.

11 Nov to 6 Jan.

Happy holidays - excited to see what everyone's making and start feeling festive!

#Knitting #Crochet #Baking #Cooking #Sewing #Quilting #Beading #Writing #Handmade #Crafting #Making

RuthSalter, to FolkMusic
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Always like stopping at Hamish Henderson's childhood home in Glenshee, which backs right onto the kirkyard.

Henderson was a major organiser of the Scottish Folk Revival in the 1950s-70s. Some of his interest in folk culture came from his upbringing here and around
Blairgowrie, where he heard his mother
and their neighbours singing traditional songs.

A kirkyard with a stone church, reasonably well kept, and some mismatched gravestones in front. Behind are some hills, with some forestry on the near one. It is a cold grey day and the vegetation is still quite wintery.

RuthSalter, to random
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Hello, here's a wee introduction of things I like and expect to post about:
-Folk music and culture; I play mostly Scottish tunes on a baritone uke
-Socialism; my PhD looks at the Scottish Folk Revival's relationships with cultural hegemony
-Food and drink and cooking; plus I make a pie a month
-Knitting; I've knitted all my life
-Highland Perthshire; where I’m from, and have been trying to move home to
-Board games; e.g. Viticulture cause I'm bougie, Wingspan cause I'm basic

Blueberry cheesecake pie
WIP of a knitted cable cardigan

RuthSalter, to Scotland
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Great photo by Peter Sandground! Gathering of heavy horses at the Kelpies yesterday to begin celebrations for their 10th anniversary.

https://www.scottishcanals.co.uk/news/heavy-horses-gather-to-celebrate-powerful-kelpies-effect-a-decade-on

#Scotland #Scottish #TheKelpies #Kelpies #Falkirk #Stirling #HeavyHorses #Clydesdale #Horse #Horses

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Good news that ScotGov is to declare a housing crisis. Communities are being squeezed by second homes, short term lets and unequal land ownership.

However it is bizarre that reserve powers will be blamed. So many competences in this area are devolved, eg equipping councils to ensure planning oversight of property usage, introducing a land value tax and so forth.

Such a paucity of imagination and ambition.

https://news.stv.tv/politics/scottish-government-to-declare-national-housing-emergency

RuthSalter,
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@simonvarwell We've been trying to buy a house for three years (JFC). No doubt in my mind that 100% of the problems we had for the first 18 months could have been solved by councils preventing second homes and AirB&Bs. Even since then it's been waiting for the market to settle a bit after the second-home covid boom, twinned with the fact that all the places we want to move (roughly the areas we're from) are outrageously expensive owing to....you guessed it, second homes and holiday lets!

RuthSalter, to baking
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2023 Pie Chart

I set out to make one pie based on a cocktail every month - happy with the results!

Penicillin, Pornstar Martini, Dark n Stormy, Apricot Julep, Liberté, Bloody Mary, Champagne Cocktail, Gin and Tonic, Appletini, Goldwyn Follies, Sazerac, Parsnip Flip

Looking forward to more cocktail pies in 2024!

Recipes: https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/2023-pies/

RuthSalter, to knitting
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Cable surgery!

I've widened my shawl beyond its pattern, so was unsure whether to put a cable next to an increase at one point and dropped down later to add it. It never looked quite right though and kept bugging me. Realised I'd done it 1 row too high, so dropped back down and fixed it again.

I found putting a stitch marker on the yarn from each row as I pulled it out and stacking these over the needle made it easier to see what yarn was for what row on the way back up.


@knitting

RuthSalter, to FolkMusic
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A few months ago someone on Wikipedia suggested merging the (very sparse) Sandy Bell's page with Hamish Henderson's - which I thought was a terrible idea since Henderson was neither A Pub or The Revival.

Onyway, I finally got round to adding a few edits to expand the Bell's page but it's still in need of much overhaul if anybody's a Bells enthusiast.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Bell%27s

#FolkMusic #ScottishMusic #TradMusic #ScottishFolk #ScottishTrad #ScottishFolkRevival #FolkRevival #Edinburgh #Wikipedia

RuthSalter, to random
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In 2022 Scottish Mountain Rescue teams assisted 740 people at 636 independent incidents, with 21 fatalities.

Anders Holch Povlsen is Scotland's largest private landowner; he owns 220000 acres of Scotland, nearly 900 square km.

He brought his football team to frolic in that land with minimal gear in -21C, and marketed this hypermasculine wolf-pack bullshit as super meaningful team-building.

Ofc BBC, zero critical thinking, all over this cute quirky billionaire's antics: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cyxvxxdekzpo

RuthSalter, to FolkMusic
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Tunes and whisky in the window kinda night.

#Tunes #FolkMusic #Session #Ukulele #ScottishMusic #Whisky #StormJocelyn

RuthSalter, to random
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Brief thoughts on fascism and political prisoners, ft. Trump and Gramsci 🧵

The false-narratives that are being spun globally by the far-right to make themselves look like political victims were predictable but are still dangerous and terrifying.

This statement from one of the current Italian Deputy PMs Matteo Salvini strikes me as in complete contradiction to historical reality – the reality of how the Italian Fascists falsely imprisoned and killed their opponents.

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RuthSalter, to knitting
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Not getting much knitting time at the moment so really nice to make a wee bit of progress on this today.

@knitting

RuthSalter, to Scotland
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Nice day for a walk around Loch Venachar. We used to have loch nights at the head of the loch when I was a teenager, but I'd never walked round it before. 12.75 miles on good tracks and minor roads.

#LochVenachar #Callander #Trossachs #Scotland #Scottish #Walking #WinterWalks

A view across a field and through a glen towards a hill with some snow on it. It is a cold, clear day.
A view from a hillside looking towards some hills, with small patches of snow on the taller ones. It is a cold, clear day.
A view down a very still loch towards some low hills. Some vegetation is in the foreground. It is a cold, clear day.

RuthSalter, to Scotland
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Was very excited to see the train leave from Rannoch station on its way to Mallaig today 🚂

A purple and yellow ScotRail train leaves Rannoch station. The station is one long platform with north and south sides and a Victorian station building in the middle. The train is heading North into Scottish moor and hills on a beautiful sunny day.

RuthSalter, to Perth
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Wander up Kinnoull Hill in Perth today. I don't think I've been up here before, but it had really good paths and was pretty quiet so reckon we'll be back.

#KinnoullHill #Perth #Perthshire #Scotland #Scottish

A view down some cliffs and greenery towards a small city. The River Tay runs out from the city, and there are green and yellow fields behind it. In the distance are some low hills. The sky is mostly grey with white clouds, although it's attempting to be blue.

RuthSalter, to baking
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I've just popped the recipe for my Pistachio and Pomegranate Blondies up on my website. It's the first non-pie-related recipe there, but I think it holds its own 😂

White chocolate blondies with a pistachio cream, chopped pistachios and pomegranate seeds.

https://cellarcrumbs.wordpress.com/other-recipes/pistachio-and-pomegranate-blondies/

#Baking #Recipes #Recipe #Blondies #Brownies #Cake #TrayBake #Food #Foodie

A photo taken from above of the same pile of blondies on a plate.

RuthSalter, to folk
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Sad news for Scottish folk music, to hear Ian Green has died.

So much of Scottish folk from the past four decades (and before) is on Greentrax, from Shooglenifty to Dick Gaughan to archives from the School of Scottish Studies - Ian's label surely is the 'undisputed leader in its field'.

Hands Up for Trad hall of fame entry: https://projects.handsupfortrad.scot/hall-of-fame/ian-d-green/

#IanGreen #Folk #FolkMusic #Folklore #Music #Scotland #ScottishMusic #Greentrax

RuthSalter, to folklore
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The UK government is proposing to ratify the UNESCO Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage and is inviting participation in a public consultation via an online survey and online roundtable discussions.

The online discussion for Scotland is next Tuesday, 30 Jan, 1-3pm - more info on it, and the other consultations, here:
https://folklore-society.com/blog-post/uk-government-consultation-on-intangible-cultural-heritage/

(PS thanks @paulcowdell for the heads-up!)

#Folklore #FolkMusic #TradMusic #ScottishMusic #Scotland #Ethnology #ICH #CulturalHeritage #Heritage

RuthSalter, to Scotland
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Beautiful Boxing Day walk from Aviemore to Boat of Garten and back. 13.5 miles in the snow has certainly blown away the cobwebs!

A snowy photo of a path through some very tall pine trees. All the branches are coated in snow, but they have shielded little areas of the forest floor which pokes through. The sky is a cold blue.
A view along a snowy rural railway line. It is nearing sunset and the moon is visible above the tracks.
A view down a snowy track with small coniferous trees on both sides, looking towards snow-covered hills. The sky is a cold blue behind.

RuthSalter, to Ukraine
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40 years ago Ukrainian miners brought aid to striking Welsh miners; now Welsh miners have driven aid to miners fighting in Ukraine.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-68369946

Incredibly moving story of international, decade-spanning solidarity.

It makes me think of Hamish Henderson's 'The Gillie Mor', a song of friendship between Leith and Kiev in the 1950s which speaks to an international solidarity of the industrial working class: https://www.tobarandualchais.co.uk/track/16917?l=en

#Ukraine #Wales #Solidarity #WorkingClass #FolkMusic

RuthSalter, to folklore
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'If you have money and friends in high places,
You can keep the law up your arse'

  • Proverb used in San Costantino di Briatico, Catanzaro, Italy
    (cited in Luigi Lombardi-Satriani, 1974)

RuthSalter,
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Honestly that has nothing on this very concise Sicilian proverb in use c.1880:

'The law is made to oppress the poor.'

(Also cited in Luigi Lombardi-Satriani, 1974)

RuthSalter, to Scotland
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There’s an old joke in Scotland that the best Christmas songs are Songs of the Stone – about the recovery, on Christmas Day 1950, of Scotland’s Stone of Destiny from Westminster Abbey.

Let me share with you the story and some of these songs 🧵

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A photo of the Stone of Destiny in front of Scone Palace, set against a deep red background. Dumb Christmassy graphics have been overlaid: snow; a dancing Christmas tree; some golden bells; and some text that reads 'All I want for Christmas is ...'

RuthSalter,
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As taking the Stone was A Big Deal, it took the students a few weeks to get it back to Scotland without being caught. They hid it in various places along the way – including burying it in a field in Kent, and concealing it in a trunk in the basement of the American consulate’s Public Affairs Officer.

The stone couldn’t be hidden indefinitely, so in April 1951 it was left at Arbroath Abbey - from where the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath had asserted Scottish nationhood (subtle symbolism here).

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RuthSalter,
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Until, on Christmas Day 1950, four Glasgow students travelled to London and recovered the Stone from Westminster Abbey.

Their names are Ian Hamilton, Gavin Vernon, Kay Matheson and Alan Stuart – here Hamilton, Matheson and Vernon (L-R) are in 1951.

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