Archive for category: History

Sea Spaghetti is thought of as the, ‘new kale’. Found on the shores of the Isle of Bute or...

Its is a real wonder what a little bottle of herbs called the, ‘Flowers of Scotland’ contains. The mixture...

The name heather comes from the Gaelic name of, ‘haeddre’, and means heathland. The species mostly found on Scotland is...

The ‘Dryas’ flower is named, after the ‘Dryads’, which are nymphs, of Greek mythology. They are also called, ‘hamadryad’...

It was first composed as a pipe tune in 1982 for the Highland Games in Germany. ‘Highland Cathedral’, or   “Cathair...

From a tune created in about 1911 came words in 1951, and ‘Scotland the Brave’ or “Alba An Aigh”,...

As part of the United Kingdom, Scotland has never had an official registered “national anthem”. However, whenever a Scottish...

Native to Eastern Asia, Rosa Rugosa, (wrinkled rose), was brought to Britain in the eighteenth century to be used...

Castle Urquhart, (pronounced UR-KUHT) and meaning, ‘on or by a thicket’, was once a home of the Comyn Clan....

Capercaillie’s Latin name is ‘Tetrao Urogallus’, and the translation from Scottish Gaelic is, ‘horse of the forest’. Being the biggest...