Scottish Sheep Races

“Rock-a bye baby, in the tree tops When the wind blows the cradle will rock When the bough breaks...

Mistletoe traditions, in Scotland, come from two very different sources. When the Romans settled in Britain, they despised and dreaded the Druids. It...

“Three blind mice, three blind mice, See how they run, see how they run ! They all ran after...

The Celtic custom of, ” blackening or Reschtach” is probably thought to be one of the more barbaric rituals...

“Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub, And who do you think they be ? The butcher, the baker, the...

A trow is a bitter, naughty fairy or spirit in the folklore traditions of the Orkney or Shetland islands....

Boot Hill has two distinctive opposite meanings, depending on which side of the Atlantic Ocean you live. Boot Hill...

The earliest mention of this custom appears to come from the Celts in the early eighteenth century. It seems...