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Thread #173907 Message #4218857
Posted By: GUEST,Rossey
11-Mar-25 - 11:02 AM
Thread Name: Is 'black as any moor' acceptable?
Subject: RE: Is 'black as any moor' acceptable?
If I had heard the song, my first thought would be that you are referring to land. It very common in Scotland to talk and sing about dark moors, e.g black/dark Drumossie Moor (Culloden). I know of the historical ethnic category of Moors, but that was way to the back of my mind. So there is an ambiguity as to how people interpret the word.