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22.01.2022 Scots Day Out - 2021 announcement - We'll have to skip a year due to COVID https://mailchi.mp/bf633a3a/scots-day-out-2021-announcement
21.01.2022 What more can i say
18.01.2022 First attested in the 16th century, the name #Halloween comes from a Scottish shortening of All-Hallows Eve and has its roots in the #Gaelic festival of #Samhai...n. Here's a list of #ScottishHalloween traditions from The National Trust for Scotland: Neep Lanterns In the past, communities would light huge bonfires to keep #evil spirits at bay. In true Scottish tradition, scary faces were carved into neeps (turnips) to create #lanterns that would scare off ghouls wandering in the witching house. Apple Dookin' An ancient #Celtic tradition, this game remains a firm favourite at Halloween parties. Without using their hands, players have to grab an #apple floating in a basin of water. Sounds easy, right? Dunking tactics include spearing apples with a fork held between the teeth or, for those with strong gnashers, a big decisive bite. Treacle Scones Another activity that sees players banned from using their hands, this messy game challenges participants to take bites out of sticky treacle-covered scones dangling from a string. Messy but tasty! Nut Burning A Halloween tradition was once common among recently engaged couples involved each person putting a nut in a fire. If the nuts burned quietly, the union would be a happy one. However, if they hissed and crackled, a turbulent future lay ahead. Guising Scottish children traditionally donned #costumes and pretended to be #malicious #spirits as they went ‘guising’ around the local streets. It was believed that, by disguising themselves, they would blend in with any wandering spirits and remain safe from harm. After performing #tricks or songs, guisers were given gifts to help ward off evil a far cry from some of today’s trick-or-treaters, who get ‘treats’ for simply showing up in costume. Kale Pulling This hearty green vegetable is now a fashionable menu item but, once upon a time, kale stalks were used to predict your #romantic future. In Robert Burns's poem ‘Halloween’, people pull stalks from the ground after #dark with their eyes closed. The length and shape of the stalk were said to represent your future lover’s height and figure, and the amount of soil around the roots represented wealth.
12.01.2022 St Mary's Wynd, looking up to High Street. The current St. Mary’s Street was fashioned in the late 1860s on the site of the ancient St Mary’s Wynd. The old St ...Mary's Wynd was demolished as a result of the 1867 Edinburgh Improvement Act so here's a great opportunity to see it in the original state. The street was named after a Cistercian convent nearby and dates back to at least 1335. Remnants of the Flodden Wall built around the City lie below some of the west side buildings today. The old Wynd witnessed a number of historic events including in 1513 James IV leaving with his mighty army heading south. Most never returned after the battle of Flodden. A few years later in 1567, the Earl of Bothwell took his leave of the city rather hurriedly following the 'death' of Mary Queen of Scots second hubby Lord Darnley. An accidental explosion killed Darnley at his house Kirk o' Fields. It is curious that his body was found in his garden and he appeared to have been strangled. Aye work that one out. Begbie, Thomas, 1865, Photograph - www.capitalcollections.org.uk www.ourtownstories.co.uk www.edinburghcollected.org
10.01.2022 Really Useful Show - another speaker announcement! Emma Maxwell will be telling us about Beginning Scottish Research! A great foundation talk for those just finding their ancestors in Scotland. www.fhf-reallyuseful.com
09.01.2022 Even locals love taking in #KilchurnCastle IG/merlins_mind #Scotland #ScottishBanner #ScotSpirit #LoveScotland #Castle #TheBanner #Alba #WildAboutArgyll #VisitScotland #ScotlandIsNow #LoveCastles
09.01.2022 Vegan haggis? Gimme! (Via BBC The Social)
06.01.2022 Very interesting film including a very good commentary as well as featuring some Campbells
05.01.2022 Happy #StAndrewsDay to all of our Scottish followers. The Queen meets regimental mascot Cruachan IV as she inspects Balaclava Company, 5 Batallion The Royal Regiment of Scotland at Balmoral in 2018.
01.01.2022 #Medieval #CastleCampbell being surrounded by the beauty of #autumn. Great John S Pow Photography #Scotland #ScottishBanner #Alba #TheBanner #LoveScotland #Ca...stle #BestWeeCountry #ScotSpirit #MagnificentScotland #ScotlandIsNow #LoveCastles #OnlyInScotland #BeautifulScotland #loveautumn See more
