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Radio Ulster,2 mins

SeriesSeries 14

The original 'Cutty Sark'

A Kist o Wurds

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The News has been full of the fire on the Cutty Sark in London: Billy McCall reads a clip from Robert Burns’ ‘Tam O’Shanter’ containing the reference to ‘cutty sark’ from which the boat got her name. (Broadcast: 26 May 2007)

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