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Kilts and more. ScottishHistory.com. Ewan J. Innes, MA(Hons Scot. Hist.) FSA Scot Synopsis: This essay describes the reason why other than nineteenth century migration, there are no O' surnames in Scotland, but there are Mac surnames in Ireland. This debunks the myth that Mac is Scottish and Mc is Irish. Please see my copyright policy if you wish to cite any part of this essay. Firstly, it is complete and utter nonsense that Mac and Mc indicate Scottish or Irish origins. There is however one distinction you can make as far as differentiating between a name being Scottish or Irish. Irish legal tracts of the fifth century recognise 3 grades of kingship: rí túathe - ruler of kindred rí túath - Overlord of other kindreds - also ruire (ro aire) rí ruirech - king of overkings - also rí cóicid - king of a fifth (e.g.. king of Munster) The above grades are purely legal, in the Irish annals they are simply described as rí - you were supposed to know as you read the annal which grade a particular king belonged to.

MacRae Clan Homepage Scottish Clans Tartans Kilts Crests and Gifts. Doric Dialect Accent Scotish Words and Phrases. Play our new game - Whack The Haggis!! Claim our Free Pens - we send 6 at a time. Aberdeenshire Doric Dialect and how to speak it - a guide and dictionary to the many Aberdonian words and phrases and Scottish words and their English translation: Doric is the dialect and local lingo spoken here in the North East of Scotland, especially around Aberdeen City and the County of Aberdeenshire.

Go to The Broch, the Fraserburgh area, to hear a broad accent of the Doric. You may wish to take an interpreter! Spikkin Doric More modern Doric words can be found in the book Spikkin Doric by Aberdeen author and Press and Journal journalist Norman Harper. Doric Film In 2008 Aberdonian film maker Mark Stirton released the Doric Film One Day Removals. Registration to the Aberdeen Race For Life is now open. Below is a list of commonly used Doric words and Doric phrases. Alternatively, use the guide below to the most common Aberdonian spoken words and Aberdeenshire Phrases: Doric English Buy Doric books: Doric Poem.

MacRae Tartans. Scotland. Hailes (ball game) Hailes or clacken is a Scottish ball game which dates to the 18th century and achieved its widest popularity in the nineteenth. It has now virtually died out, replaced by football, except at the Edinburgh Academy, where an exhibition match is played annually. The game is similar to shinty but played with wooden bats known as clackens. John Hugh Lockhart at Abbotsford with clacken and ball The picture on the right, which appeared as the frontispiece to an 1829 edition of Scott's Tales of a Grandfather shows Scott's grandson, John Hugh Lockhart with a clacken and ball at Abbotsford. This is probably the oldest representation of the clacken. The clacken was used in the game of Hailes, though it had other uses.

In the 18th and 19th centuries, hails referred to the goals in several varieties of hand- and football. In his poems of 1804, W. The hails are set an' on they scud and The hails is wun; they warsle hame The best they can for fobbin' Blackwood's Magazine, August 1821, p. 34.Haldane, E. Kilt. One of the earliest depictions of the kilt is this German print showing Highlanders in about 1630 The kilt is a knee-length garment with pleats at the rear, originating in the traditional dress of men and boys in the Scottish Highlands of the 16th century.

Since the 19th century it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland in general, or with Celtic (and more specifically Gaelic) heritage even more broadly. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern. Although the kilt is most often worn on formal occasions and at Highland games and sports events, it has also been adapted as an item of fashionable informal male clothing in recent years, returning to its roots as an everyday garment.

History[edit] The kilt first appeared as the great kilt, the breacan or belted plaid, during the 16th century, and is Gaelic in origin. Variants[edit] The name "kilt" is applied to a range of garments: Scottish kilt[edit] The modern Scottish kilt worn with formal evening wear (2009) Tartan. Tartan is a pattern consisting of criss-crossed horizontal and vertical bands in multiple colours. Tartans originated in woven wool, but now they are made in many other materials. Tartan is particularly associated with Scotland. Scottish kilts almost always have tartan patterns. Tartan is often called plaid in North America, but in Scotland, a plaid is a tartan cloth slung over the shoulder as a kilt accessory, or a plain ordinary blanket such as one would have on a bed. The Dress Act of 1746 attempted to bring the warrior clans under government control by banning the tartan and other aspects of Gaelic culture.

Until the middle of the nineteenth century, the highland tartans were only associated with either regions or districts, rather than any specific clan. Etymology and terminology[edit] The English word tartan is derived from the French tiretain. Construction[edit] Diagram A, the warp Diagram B, the weft Diagram C, the tartan. Colour: shades and meaning[edit] History[edit] Origins[edit]

Sport in Scotland. Sport plays a central role in Scottish culture. The temperate, oceanic climate has played a key part in the evolution of sport in Scotland, with all-weather sports like association football, rugby union and golf dominating the national sporting consciousness. However, many other sports are played in the country, with popularity varying between sports and between regions.

Scotland has its own sporting competitions and governing bodies, such as the Camanachd Association,the Scottish Rugby Union, Scottish Rugby League. The country has independent representation at many international sporting events, for example the, Rugby League World Cup and the, as well as the Commonwealth Games; although not the Olympic Games. Highland games, the largest and most widespread multi-sport festivals of the 19th century,[1] are claimed to have influenced Baron Pierre de Coubertin when he was planning the revival of the Olympic Games.

[edit] [edit] [edit] Rugby union[edit] Rugby sevens[edit] Rugby League[edit] The Soup Dragons. History[edit] The Soup Dragons formed in Bellshill, a town near Glasgow, in 1985.[1] The line up was Sean Dickson (vocals, lead guitar), Jim McCulloch (guitar, second voice) who replaced Ian Whitehall and Sushil K. Dade (bass). The original drummer, Ross A. Sinclair, left the group after the first proper album, This Is Our Art, to pursue a career in art, and was replaced by Paul Quinn. Most of their songs were written by Dickson, while some were co-written with McCulloch. Discography[edit] Albums[edit] Singles[edit] References[edit] External links[edit] List of Scottish scientists. Wulver. The wulver is a kind of werewolf that is part of the folklore of the Shetland islands off the coast of Scotland. History[edit] The wulver kept to itself and was not aggressive if left in peace.

Unlike most 'werewolves' the Wulver is not a shapeshifter and is not nor was it ever a human being. It appears to be a sort of immortal spirit. Jessie Saxby, in Shetland Traditional Lore writes, "The Wulver was a creature like a man with a wolf's head. He had short brown hair all over him. A similarly non-hostile werewolf is the Faoladh from Irish folklore, which was said to protect children and stand guard over wounded men. References[edit] Saxby, Jessie (1932). Scottish mythology. Overview[edit] Though the Celtic world at its apex covered much of western and central Europe, it was not politically unified nor was there any substantial central source of cultural influence or homogeneity; as a result, there was a great deal of variation in local practices of Celtic religion (although certain motifs, for example the god Lugh, appear to have diffused throughout the Celtic world).

Inscriptions of more than three hundred deities, often equated with their Roman counterparts, have survived, but of these most appear to have been genii locorum, local or tribal gods, and few were widely worshipped. However, from what has survived of Celtic mythology, it is possible to discern commonalities which hint at a more unified pantheon than is often given credit. Celtic mythology is found in a number of distinct, if related, subgroups, largely corresponding to the branches of the Celtic languages: Historical sources[edit] Irish mythology[edit] Cuchulainn carries Ferdiad across the river. Doric dialect (Scotland) Doric, the popular name for Mid Northern Scots[1] or Northeast Scots,[2] refers to the dialects of Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland. There is an extensive body of literature, mostly poetry, ballads, and songs. The term "Doric" was used to refer to all dialects of Lowland Scots but during the twentieth century it became increasingly associated with Mid Northern Scots.[3] The term possibly originated as a jocular reference to the Doric dialect of the Ancient Greek language.

Greek Dorians lived in Sparta amongst other places, a more rural area, and were supposed by the ancient Greeks to have spoken laconically and in a language that was thought harsher in tone and more phonetically conservative than the Attic spoken in Athens. As The Oxford Companion to English Literature explains: Most consonants are usually pronounced much as in other Modern Scots dialects but: Some vowel realisations differ markedly from those of Central Scots dialects.

Edinburgh. Edinburgh ( i/ˈɛdɪnbərə/;[4] Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Èideann) is the capital city of Scotland, situated in Lothian on the southern shore of the Firth of Forth. It is the second most populous city in Scotland and the seventh most populous in the United Kingdom.[5] The population in 2012 was 482,640.[6] Edinburgh has been recognised as the capital of Scotland since at least the 15th century, but political power moved south to London after the Union of the Crowns in 1603 and the Union of Parliaments in 1707. After nearly three centuries of unitary government, a measure of self-government returned in the shape of the devolved Scottish Parliament, which officially opened in Edinburgh in 1999. The city is also home to many national institutions such as the National Museum of Scotland, the National Library of Scotland and the Scottish National Gallery. Edinburgh is rich in associations with the past and has many historic buildings, including Edinburgh Castle, Holyrood Palace, the churches of St.

Edinburgh. Roamin' in the Gloamin'", Harry Lauder with orchestra.