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Caledonian Society of Glen Innes

Locality: Glen Innes, New South Wales

Phone: +61 2 6732 2890

Address: po box 223 2370 Glen Innes, NSW, Australia

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25.01.2022 Some pics from last nights St Andrews Dinner Under the Stars.

22.01.2022 Auld Lang Syne in Yiddish https://youtu.be/l7DAqgjlm2I

21.01.2022 More photos of St Andrew's Day

20.01.2022 The 2021 Australian Celtic Fashion Awards has the theme 'A Tartan Day Out' and a challenge to be creative! ACFA is part of the Australian Celtic Fringe Festiva...l with its exhibition held in the Glen Innes Town Hall over four days starting April 29. Enter the 2021 ACFAs! Think outside the traditional garments and dressmaking rules - This year's challenge is to create a tartan piece fit for a family picnic. Categories are dressmaking, leatherwork, knitting, weaving, felting, millinery and accessories. Be creative, be resourceful, be brave and stitch, knit, felt, weave or even paint. As well as the entrants age category awards, there will be a People's Choice Award selected by attendees. Award information and an entry form is at our website: https://www.australiancelticfestival.com//australian-celt/

18.01.2022 Remembrance Day 2020

18.01.2022 Tartan Jigsaw Puzzle is amazing with anyone and anytime Shop Now www.scottishclothing.co/collections/tartan-puzzle

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15.01.2022 Saint Patrick’s Day, feast day (March 17) of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of... 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave. He escaped but returned about 432 to convert the Irish to Christianity. By the time of his death on March 17, 461, he had established monasteries, churches, and schools. Many legends grew up around himfor example, that he drove the snakes out of Ireland and used the shamrock to explain the Trinity. Ireland came to celebrate his day with religious services and feasts. Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. See more

15.01.2022 Preparing for Samhain Bairín Breac also called Barmbrack or often shortened to brack, is a yeasted bread with added sultanas and raisins. Halloween tradition... Bairín Breac is the centre of an Irish Halloween custom. The Halloween Brack traditionally contained various objects baked into the bread and was used as a sort of fortune-telling game. In the barmbrack were: a pea, a stick, a piece of cloth, a small coin (originally a silver sixpence) and a ring. Each item, when received in the slice, was supposed to carry a meaning to the person concerned: the pea, the person would not marry that year; the stick, would have an unhappy marriage or continually be in disputes; the cloth or rag, would have bad luck or be poor; the coin, would enjoy good fortune or be rich; and the ring, would be wed within the year. Other articles added to the brack include a medallion, usually of the Virgin Mary to symbolise going into the priesthood or to the Nuns. Commercially produced barmbracks for the Halloween market still include a toy ring. _____________ TRADITIONAL IRISH BARMBRACK RECIPE 60 mins + soaking time Serves 8 INGREDIENTS Makes one 900g loaf 225g plain flour 2 tsps of baking powder 375g packet of fruit mix 250ml cold tea 50ml of whiskey 125g light brown sugar 1 large eggs 1/2 tsp of mixed spice A ring to place inside YOU'LL NEED 900g loaf tin Large mixing Ring (optional - please be careful when eating if included) Traditionally eaten at Halloween but great all year round. A thick layer of butter and a cup of tea essential! Barmbrack is a traditional Irish fruitcake which is also known as Irish Tea Cake depending on the time of year that you’re eating it! This recipe makes a really moist, fruit loaf which is packed with flavour from mixed spice and dried fruit. Interestingly the fruit soaks overnight in cold tea and whiskey resulting in plump fruit pumped with flavour. Place the fruit mix in a bowl and pour over the whiskey and cold tea. Allow to soak up the liquid overnight. Preheat the oven to 170C/327/Gas Mark 3 and grease and line a 900g loaf tin. Combine the flour, baking powder, sugar and mixed spice in a mixing bowl. Make a well and break in the egg, using a wooden spoon, mix the egg with the dry ingredients. Add a little bit of the liquid the fruit mix is sitting in and mix it through. You may not need all the liquid, you are looking for a wet dough. Then stir through the fruit mix until everything is thoroughly combined. Add in the ring and stir through. Spoon the wet dough into the lined loaf tin and place in the oven on the middle shelf and bake for 1 hour. Remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly before removing from the loaf tin and placing on wire rack. Cover in cling wrap and tin foil and allow to sit for 1-2 days before cutting into it. Serve in slices spread with a little butter and good cuppa! Remember to be careful when slicing and eating the brack until finding the ring :) and for a child friendly version you can swap the whiskey for a little orange juice! :)

14.01.2022 Christmas in Glen Innes

13.01.2022 Halloween or Hallowe'en (a contraction of "All Hallows' Evening"). It comes from a Scottish term for All Hallows' Eve, or All Saints' Eve. It is a celebration o...bserved in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Hallows' or All Saints Day. It begins the observance of Allhallowtide, the time in the liturgical year dedicated to remembering the dead, including saints (hallows), martyrs, and all the faithful departed. ORIGINS It is possible to trace its beginnings back to the ancient Celtic festival of Samhain (Samhuinn in Gaelic), held on 1 November, which marked the culmination of summer and the harvest period with the onset of winter. Robert Burns’ 1785 poem ‘Halloween’ details many of the national customs and legends surrounding the festival, many of them pagan in origin, which had persisted even with the advent of Christianity. TRADITIONS Some traditions associated with Halloween are: Fires and ‘neeps lanterns’ To ward off potentially malevolent entities, large bonfires were lit in communities and it is believed that this practice survives today in the tradition of carving pumpkin lanterns with creepy grimaces. While the use of pumpkins is actually an American invention, in Scotland it has been custom to carve lanterns out of ‘neeps’ or turnips. Guising or ‘galoshin’ Instead of trick-or-treating, children would literally disguise themselves as evil spirits by blackening their faces and dressing in old clothes to go guising. According to folklore, this was so that they could venture out safely without being detected by wicked ghouls. Guisers also couldn’t simply knock on the doors of their neighbours yelling ‘trick-or-treat’ and expect sweets in return. They had to perform a ‘trick’ first by reciting a song, poem or joke before being rewarded with goodies. Dookin’ for apples A staple of children’s Halloween parties across the country, this time-honoured game involves trying to grab apples floating in a tub of water using your mouth, with your hands tied behind your back. If you want to up the stakes have a go at catching them with a fork. Treacle scones Once again with your hands tied, this messy game challenges participants to take a bite out of treacle covered scones hanging from ropes. Nut burning Recently engaged? Find out if you and your beloved will live happily ever after. Toss a nut each into an open fire. If they quietly smoulder amongst the flames your union will be a good one, but if they hiss and crackle you could be in for a bumpy ride! Sausage rolls The Witchcraft Act of 1735 forbid the consumption of pork pastries on Halloween. It wasn’t repealed until the 1950s and since then sausage rolls have been a popular treat at Halloween parties and gatherings. Sources include VisitScotland www.visitscotland.com/blog/events/halloween/ #Halloween #Halloweengames #Halloweentraditions #RobertBurns #Samhain #Scotland #TamoShanter #witches #VisitScotland

09.01.2022 The first of 3! St David's Day 1st March 5pm. This is a free local event.

08.01.2022 More St Andrews Pics

08.01.2022 ST ANDREWS DAY DINNER UNDER THE STARS WITH A TOUCH OF CHRISTMAS AND CHANUKAH - thanks Phil for the pics.

06.01.2022 Thank you Caledonian Society and all the helpers,St Andrews dinner and entertainment was great even with Covid practising. Pierre and I throughly enjoyed ourselves, it was a lovely evening. A few photos and some lovely bagpipe music.

05.01.2022 St Andrew Dinner - early arrivals.

05.01.2022 Eirwen Pertwhistle's home made shortbread.

04.01.2022 The Auld Alliance (Scots) (French: Vieille Alliance) was an alliance between the kingdoms of Scotland and France. The alliance dates from the treaty signed by John Balliol and Philip IV of France in 1295 against Edward I of England. The treaty said that if either country was attacked by England, the other country would invade England. That happened at the Battle of Flodden Field, 1513. The alliance played an important role in conflicts between both countries and England, su...ch as the Wars of Scottish Independence, the Hundred Years' War, the War of the League of Cambrai and the Rough Wooing. In a speech which he delivered in Edinburgh in June 1942, Charles de Gaulle described the alliance between Scotland and France as "the oldest alliance in the world": In every combat where for five centuries the destiny of France was at stake, there were always men of Scotland to fight side by side with men of France, and what Frenchmen feel is that no people have ever been more generous than yours with its friendship. In 1995, celebrations were held in both countries for the 700th anniversary of the beginning of the alliance. The Bill o' Fare at our St. Andrew's Dinner and Christmas party will be based on French and Scottish cuisine.

04.01.2022 And let's not forget the Equinox. Sunday 21st March 2021 from 12:45pm (with the solar noon shadow crossing the marker at 1pm exactly). This is a free local event.