I found this site when I was surfing , I really thought it was good and yeah we scots probably say things that we are so used to that we dont realise how funny they must sound to other nationalities 🙂 Hve a look its fun and good reading . An American Girl in Scotland
The origins of the traditional Scottish wedding: Scotland always seems to do things in it’s own way and style – and a Scottish wedding is no exception to the rule. In the 21st century, the Scottish wedding is an intricate blend of ancient highland tradition mixed in with modern, streamlined rites. Present day Scottish wedding …
This is the truth I tell you: of all things freedom’s most fine. Never submit to live, my son, in the bonds of slavery entwined.’ William Wallace – His Uncle’s proverb, from Bower’s Scotichronicon c.1440’s The reputation of William Wallace runs like a fault line through later medieval chronicles. For the Scots, William Wallace was …
Helen Duncan was born in Callender, Scotland, on the 25 November 1897. From an early age she is said to have displayed the ‘gift’ of medium with the spirit world. A prominent feature of her sittings was her ability to emit ‘ectoplasm’ from her mouth during her trances – a stringy white substance that is …
Mo rùn air na maraichean Hill ù o ro hù o Mo rùn air na maraichean ‘S e maraichean an t-sùgraidh Bu shunndach a leannain iad Hill ù o ro hù o Dimàirt a dh’fhàg sinn Grianaig ‘S bu chianail na caileagan A’ crathadh an cuid bhrèidean ‘S sinn fhèin a’s na crannagan Hill ù …
‘S truagh ‘s sinn ‘gad threigsinn ‘S truagh ‘s sinn ‘gad threigsinn na e hò hao oho Fad na seachduinn’ na hi ri rirì ò o-hi ò ‘s a-bho roho e hò hao oho Seachduinn nan òran na e hò hao oho Orain binn àluinn na hi ri rirì ò etc ‘S tusa cho furachail …
Haoidh o Haoidh o haoidh o-ho Haoidh o a hi u bho Haoidh o haidh o-ho An cuala sibh mun mhaighdeann chèitich Air an tug Niall Bàn an èiginn Air taobh beinne ri latha grèineadh ‘S truagh a rìgh nach b’e mi fhèin i ‘S mi nach dèanadh glaodh no èughach Cha sràcainn brollach a …