Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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Jumping The Broom Or Besom
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The earliest mention of this custom appears to come from the Celts in the early eighteenth century. It seems...
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Childbirth Superstitions
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Monday’s child is fair of face, Tuesday’s child is full of grace, Wednesday’s child is full of woe, Thursday’s...
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Hand-In-Fist or Handfasting
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Trial marriages were very common in Scotland, up to the fifteenth century. This custom was known as, ” handfasting...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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‘Here we go ’round the mulberry bush, The mulberry bush, the mulberry bush, Here we go ’round the mulberry...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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“Georgie Porgie, pudding and pie Kissed the girls and made them cry, When the boys came out to play...
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Sinister Nursery Rhymes
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“Old Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To give the poor dog a bone; When she got there The...
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The Blue Men of Scotland
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Scotland’s large coast line has given way to many sea-faring myths and legends. Between the mainline of north-west Scotland...
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Kelty Coal Race
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Towards the end of the 1800’s coal miners in Kelty, Fife, Scotland, would run home with lumps of coal, ‘rakers’ & ‘clugs’, at the end...
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