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Travel guide warns Vikings of hostile Scottish natives
by Donald
An Icelandic 'travel guide' from the 13th century gave warning to any Viking thinking of heading to 'Skotland' to do a bit of plundering that they should be wary of the aggressive natives with their i...
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Iceland, Malcolm II, travel, Vikings
The best jokes at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival
by Donald
English comedian Nick Helm won the best joke award at this year's Edinburgh Festival Fringe, the worlds largest arts festival. His one liner from his show "Dare To Dream" - "I needed a password eigh...
Lochearnhead Highland Games 2011
by Donald
On Saturday the ScotClans team went up to the Highland Games at Lochearnhead to hold a stall for Clan MacLaren. The weather was glorious and it really highlighted the beauty of that part of the countr...
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Highland Games, Lochearnhead, MacGregor, MacLaren
The Tragedy of Mary Hamilton
by Donald
The well known ballad "Mary Hamilton", or "The Fower Maries" is a sixteenth century song about Mary Hamilton awaiting execution and telling the story of her downfall. Mary was a lady-in-waiting to a Q...
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Carmichael, Fleming, Hamilton, James V, Livingstone, Mary Hamilton, Mary of Guise, Mary Queen of Scots, Murder, Russia, Seton
South Korean Firm Buys Lochcarron of Scotland
by Donald
E-Land, one of the largest retail and fashion firms in South Korean, has bought over knitwear firm Lochcarron of Scotland, it has been confirmed. The owners of the Selkirk based company, John Buchan L...
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Borders, Lochcarron, Lochcarron of Scotland, Mill, Selkirk
New Tartans from Strathmore
by Donald
Mill Strathmore has commissioned its designer to create five new tartans focusing on geographical areas to highlight the diversity and richness found in Scotland's natural surroundings. The colours ...
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Mill, Strathdon, Strathisla, Strathmore, Strathtay, Strathtummel, Tartan
The Fyrish Monument
by Donald
On a hill overlooking the Cromarty Firth is a striking, most un-highland monument. It is a replica of the gates of Negapatam, a port in Madras (now Chennai) in South East India. Negapatam was origin...
Clach na Bratach
by Donald
The Clach na Bratach is considered to be the most precious relic of the Clan Robertson. It is a rock crystal charm stone and was unearthed when the chief's standard pole was pulled from the ground w...
The Gordons at Otterburn
by Donald
On the 5th of August, 1388, the Battle of Otterburn took place. This was a skirmish between Scotland's James, 2nd Earl of Douglas, and England's Henry "Hotspur" Percy, the son of the Earl of Northum...
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1388, Battle of Otterburn, Douglas, Gordon, Graham, Henry "Hotspur" Percy, Johnstone, Lindsay, Montgomery