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"Duns Dings Aw" is the [[Scots]] slogan of this small market town in [[Berwickshire]], [[Scotland]]. The town originally lay in the lee of the slopes of Duns Law, but moved to a new site in the sixteenth century after the old town was destroyed in the border wars. In 1904 it became the county town of [[Berwickshire]], having progressively wrested county functions from its neighbour, [[Greenlaw]]. Duns was the birthplace of the celebrated theologian and philosopher [[John Duns Scotus]], whose name was the origin of the epithet 'dunce'. Duns itself was spelled Dunse until the nineteenth century. During the [[Second World War]] Polish armoured units were stationed in Duns, and the taste for rye bread that they introduced to the town is still evident in its bakeries. The only factory in the town is Britain's largest manufacturer of fish-hooks, a tribute to the [[salmon]]-rich local rivers.
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'''Duns''' is a small market town in [[Berwickshire]], [[Scotland]]. In 1904 it became the county town of Berwickshire, having progressively wrested county functions from its neighbour, [[Greenlaw]]. Duns was the birthplace of the celebrated [[Franciscan]] theologian and philosopher [[John Duns Scotus]], whose name was the origin of the epithet 'dunce'. Duns itself was spelled Dunse until the nineteenth century.
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[[Category:Scottish Cities and Towns]]

Latest revision as of 02:32, April 3, 2008

Duns is a small market town in Berwickshire, Scotland. In 1904 it became the county town of Berwickshire, having progressively wrested county functions from its neighbour, Greenlaw. Duns was the birthplace of the celebrated Franciscan theologian and philosopher John Duns Scotus, whose name was the origin of the epithet 'dunce'. Duns itself was spelled Dunse until the nineteenth century.

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