We offer unique hand cut and sometimes rare gem minerals from the Border Region of Scotland.
All our stones are hand cut and polished using the traditional methods, we aim to bring out the best feature of every stone, most often working to enhance each stone's natural beauty.
We cut standard, freeform and designer cabochons, for that unique jewellery creation.
Our speciality is in the field prospecting of gemstones from the Cheviot Hills, in which the National Museums of Scotland have taken a great interest and to whom we now supply Cheviot mineral specimens.
All our stones are hand cut and polished using the traditional methods, we aim to bring out the best feature of every stone, most often working to enhance each stone's natural beauty.
We cut standard, freeform and designer cabochons, for that unique jewellery creation.
Our speciality is in the field prospecting of gemstones from the Cheviot Hills, in which the National Museums of Scotland have taken a great interest and to whom we now supply Cheviot mineral specimens.
Our workshop is at
Littledeanlees on St Cuthbert's Way, Crailing by Jedburgh,
Workshop open to callers weekends from Easter to September
Gem Minerals of Scotland
Website Updated: 17 June 2009
* The first and last verse are often sung around the world as the last chimes of midnight fade away on New Years Eve/New Years Day, but there are four other verses.
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never bought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne
Surely ye’ll be you pint stowp
And surely I’ll be mine
And we’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
We twa hae rin about the braes
And pu’d the gowans fine
But we’ve wandered monie a weary fit
Sin’ auld lang syne
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And never bought to mind?
Should auld acquaintance be forgot
And auld lang syne
Surely ye’ll be you pint stowp
And surely I’ll be mine
And we’ll take a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
We twa hae rin about the braes
And pu’d the gowans fine
But we’ve wandered monie a weary fit
Sin’ auld lang syne
We twa hae paidl’t the burn
Frae mornin’ sun til dine:
But seas between us braid hae roared
Sin’ old lang syne
And there’s a hand my trusty fiere,
And gie’s a hand of thine;
And we’ll tak a right guid-
For auld lang syne my dear
For auld lang syne
We’ll tak a cup of kindness yet
For auld lang syne
Traditionally the assembly should not join hands until the fifth verse... “An’ there’s a hand my trusty friere..”
Images and text © Colin Campbell 2009
Robert Burns - Taken from a Compilation “Everyman’s book of Evergreen Verse”
Edited by David Herbert ISBN 0-460-87273-7
