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The man who escaped a hanging, a tale from Arran

While camping on the Isle of Arran we visited Brodick Castle which is on the east coast of the island. A castle owned mainly by the Hamiltons, it was used recently as a hunting lodge. In front of th...

Topics: Arran, Hamilton

Ploughman's Charms

by Amanda Moffet

While I was in Biggar the other weekend I visited the museum and came across this interesting story, thought i'd share it. Whenever a ploughmn turned up a stone with hole in it he kept it and hung i...

ScotClans to attend Lafayette seance 100 years after hi...

by Amanda Moffet

Tonight we are attending possibly the weirdest event I'm possibly ever going to go to - a seance on the place where the famous illusionist, The Great Lafayette died 100 years ago - today!. A centur...

The Scottish Bodach

by Amanda Moffet

A Bodach is a mythical spirit or creature, rather like the bogeyman. The word is a Scottish Gaelic term for "old man". Historically its meaning is "mature person", from bod "penis" and the suffix -ach...

Clan MacPhee/MacFie Descended from a Selkie

by Amanda Moffet

The origins of Clan MacFie/MacPhee and all it's name variations are said to be descended from a Selkie or seal woman. Selkies are a mythical people who can change from human form to seal form with ...

Topics: MacFie, MacPhee

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