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What Did Happen to William Hare?
Applecross in the North West of Scotland has held the reputation of being a sanctuary. Among locals there has long been whispered rumours that William Hare, half of the infamous Burke and Hare duo, l...
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burke and hare, Scottish Myths
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ScotClans Twittering Makes The News!
Today an article was published in The Edinburgh Evening News which looked at ever growing phenomenon of Twitter. Rodger from www.scotclans.com was interviewed to give his views on how ScotClans uses...
Scotland a Feeble Country! and Burns is Boring! - So Sa...
Academic David Starkey is now facing the wrath of the Celtic Fringe after last Thursday's appearance on BBC's Question Time. The Tudor lover dropped more than a few insults, dismissing the nations of ...
'Scotland's Schindler' to be Honoured for Sacrifice
A missionary from Dunscore near Dumfries has been described as "Scotland's Schindler" after she sacrificed her life at Auschwitz-Birkenauis to finally be honoured by the Prime Minister.
Jane Hainin...
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Haining, Scotland, World War II
The Thompson's Curse
There's a very old, very little known tale connected with the Thompson Clan. Four brothers and five sisters lived on a beautiful bay in the island of Arran at Machrie. The sisters do not feature in t...
Topics:
Clan Thompson, Legend, Thompson
The Beast of Duffus Caught on Camera
A couple and their 3 children were having a family day out at Duffus Castle on Easter Sunday when they caught sight a large panther-like black beast prowling out of the woodland. Craig and Angela f...
More than 25 Bodies Unearthed by Edinburgh Tram Works
The trams could be hit by yet another delay, but this time it was the grizzly discovery of at least 25 skeletons in one of the busy main roads in Leith. The remains are believed to date back to the 16...
Scottish Spider Cat
For Scottish daredevil cat Charlie, walls are no obstacle - he scales the two-storey wall of his owner's home to get back inside.
His gravity-defying antics have earned him the nickname "Spider-cat"...
Scotland's Oldest Osprey Hatches Chicks 45 and 46
This week saw Britain's oldest mother give birth at 66 a story trumped in the animal kingdom by a Scottish Osprey.
Scotland's oldest and most prolific osprey mother has hatched her 45th and 46th ch...
Island of Berneray (Barra Head) Becomes Sheep Free Zone...
The island of Berneray or Barra Head is a tiny island in the Outer Hebrides. Sadly the last residents of this remote Scottish island are finally leaving the land where their ancestors have lived for...
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Berneray, Outer Hebrides
Clan MacPhee/MacFie Descended from a Selkie
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 ...
The Scottish Bodach
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...
Proud ScotClans customer's son is lone piper
Just had an email from one of our customers to thank us for a kilt pin she had just received. She also told us that her son Marshall had played with the Royal Scots Dragoon & Coldstream when they w...
Topics:
bagpipes, Royal Scots Dragoon
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...
Giants Grave on Arran
A very grey rainy day, we thought we'd take a walk up to The Giants Grave, a Neolithic burial chamber on the hill above Whiting Bay.
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