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The Stange Ceremony of Clan MacLachlan
A MacLachlan legend tells of a MacLachlan Chief who would pay his feu duty (a sign of submission to an overlord in true feudal fashion) in a very strange way. The duty itself was a pair of gloves ...
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MacLachlan
- October 21, 2010 1:06 pm
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Iain Beag MacLachlan
Scottish tradition holds that a member of the MacLachlans of Kilbride travelled to Aberdeen to purchase cattle. While there, he fell in love with the daughter of the Duke of Gordon. The two love...
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MacLachlan
Massacre Cave - The MacDonalds of Clanranald and The Ma...
The Isle of Eigg is situated in the heart of Clanranald country, this small ...
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MacDonald, MacDonald of Clanranald, MacLeod
Urquhart Castle and The Magic Well
Way back in the days before Urquhart Castle existed in the days when the Great Glen was just starting to have settlers - perhaps some of our Urquhart ancestors before the name of Urquhart was even...
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Urquhart, Urquhart Castle
Origin of Clan Hay - The Legend of Luncarty
There are two ways to approach the origins of Clan Hay. The first is the Legend of Luncarty, which is an important Hay tradition, while the second is based on historical research, albeit that incons...
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Hay
Sir Jack Leslie - A true eccentric
Still moving and shaking around the globe at 93
My most memorable holiday was...
a three-month, round-the-world-trip back in 1957. I just took a wad of travellers' cheques, a little suitcase and wen...
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lesle
The Kind Scottish Wulver
Wulvers are ofter called werewolves, but legend shows they are quite different. Said to inhabit the Shetland Islands off the coast of northeast Scotland. The ancient Celts believed that the Wulv...
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Scottish Myths, Wulver
Alan Cumming looking great in his Kilt Outfit
Alan Cumming wore this in November 2009 to Buckingham Palace for a medal presentation.
The tartan is Cumming Hunting Weathered....
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Cumming
The craziest kilt pic I've ever seen
Came across this picture, thought I'd share it. It's from Spain's annual bull-running festival in the northern town of Pamplona....
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kilt
Bagpipes made from a whole goat!
Risto Todoroski is playing a Macedonian gaida (bagpipe) made from a whole billy goat skin, hardwood sleeved in water-buffalo horn.
A slow song followed by a folkdance tune from Macedonia and Thra...
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bagpipes
Henderson Sisters in final of Glenfiddich Piping and Fi...
The siblings Fiona and Faye Henderson from Kirriemuir practise at Blair Castle ahead of this weekend's Glenfiddich Piping and Fiddle Championships. Fiona and Faye are finalists in the events, th...
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bagpipes, Blair Castle, Henderson, Murray of Atholl
Clan Anderson, List of Established Families
Authentic records showing the descendants of Anderson, MacAndrew & Gillanders families are to be found in various official depositries around the UK, in published material and also in the private arch...
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Anderson, Clan Anderson, Gillanders, MacAndrew
'Neepi lantern' tradition under threat
Could the Scottish tradition of carving a "neepi lantern" disappear altogether?. Did anyone carve a turnip this year?...
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haloween
A new Clan Chief for Clan Grierson
Sarah Grierson of Lag is now the Chief of the name and Arms of Grierson following the death of her late Father Sir Michael Grierson, Bt. For further confirmation please refer to the very impressive ...
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Grierson
Scotland The What?
The story behind Scotland The What? This is the definitive account of the Scotland the What? performers who spawned a new breed of Doric comics is published....