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The Dog Suicide Bridge
by Donald
Near the village of Milton in West Dunbartonshire lies the Overtoun Bridge; an arch bridge which has become famous for the bizzarely large number of dogs who have leapt over the side to their death....
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Overtoun Bridge, Scottish Hauntings
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Donald Trump's Nation-Wide Tour
by Donald
A stunt pulled by the Menie Liberation Front (MLF) has seen around twenty statues in four of Scotland's cities given a Donald Trump mask and a plastic toy golf club in an attempt at a light hearted ...
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Aberdeen, Donald Trump, Golf
The Wardens of the Marches
by Donald
The relationship between Scotland and England wasn't always as amicable as it is today. From the late 13th century to the 16th century, Scotland and England were constantly at war with each other. Thi...
The Death March to Durham
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by Donald
The aftermath of the 1650 Battle of Dunbar saw the grave mistreatment of 5,000 Scottish prisoners-of-war at the hands of the English Parliamentarian army. These battle-weary prisoners were starved o...
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Covenanter, Cromwell, David Leslie, Death March, Doon Hill, Dunbar, King Charles
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The Pharaoh's daughter and Scotland
by Donald
The story of how Scotland got it's name is an interesting one.
Tradition has it that the legend starts back in ancient Egypt, where a pharaoh's daughter, called Scota, and two Greek princes formed...
Thomas the Rhymer
by Donald
Thomas Learmonth from Ercildoune (now Earlston), better known as Thomas the Rhymer was a 13th century Laird, poet and a supposed prophet.
Legend tells us how Thomas the Rhymer went out walking one ...
Topics:
Fairy, Learmonth, Myth, Thomas the Rymer
Johnnie Armstrong and the Border Reivers
by Donald
Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie was once one of the most popular, powerful, and feared clan chiefs in the Scottish borders. However, after his execution in 1530 by order of James V, Clan Armstrong ha...
Reverend Ernest Levy Dies
by Donald
Reverend Ernest Levy OBE, one Scotland's most prominent Jewish leaders, and Holocaust survivor has died at the age of 84.
Born in 1925, in Bratislava, in the then Czechoslovakia, his family fled to...
Boycott on Scotland after al-Megrahi's Release
by Donald
Scotland's worst terrorist incident occurred on the evening of Dec. 21, 1988 when a bomb exploded on board a PanAm Boeing 747 air liner on course from Frankfurt to New York. It crashed on the villag...
Man In Highland Dress Pays £3.99 For Rare Vinyl Worth T...
by Donald
On the 28th of December a man, dressed in a full Scottish Highland outfit, purchased what was believed to have been an empty record box for £3.99 in an Edinburgh Oxfam shop, but it turned out it was...