James Pittendrigh MacGillivray

James Pittendrigh MacGillivray (30 May 1856, Port Elphinstone, Inverurie – 29 April 1938, Edinburgh) was a Scottish sculptor, artist, musician, and poet who wrote in north-east Scots and in English. MacGillivray was a nationalist and a supporter of the Home Rule.

Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals

The Pictish Review

  • ‘The Flower o’ Yarrow’ [ballad, SC], Issue 5, Volume I (March 1928)
  • ‘The Birth-Bed Prayer’ [folklore, SC], Issue 6, Volume I (April 1928)
  • ‘The Beggar’ [poetry, SC], Issue 6, Volume I (April 1928)
  • ‘The Village Schoolmistress’ & ‘The Leaf Is Out’ [poetry, ENG], Issue 7, Volume I (May 1928)
  • ‘In Exile’ [poetry, ENG], Issue 8, Volume I (June 1928)

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