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Scotland’s Tragic Queens
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Queen Madeleine – otherwise known as The Summer Queen. King Francis l of France married his second cousin Claude,...
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Fitzroy for a Name
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Romans believed more about what your family name was than in actual blood ties. If a child was accepted...
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The Heather
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The name heather comes from the Gaelic name of, ‘haeddre’, and means heathland. The species mostly found on Scotland is...
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Saints Gruesome Deaths
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Crushing – Saint Margaret – Margaret Middleton was born in York, England, in 1556, daughter of a dignified businessman,...
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A Peek Into The Past
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“A Scotsman; Why! He is the meanest and sullen of all men.”. How many times has this been said?...
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Scotland’s Saints
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Saint Andrew:- Saints Day:- 30th November. Patron Saint:- Scotland, Cyprus, Greece, Romania, Russia...
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Scotland’s National Anthem (2)
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From a tune created in about 1911 came words in 1951, and ‘Scotland the Brave’ or “Alba An Aigh”,...
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Urquhart Castle
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Castle Urquhart, (pronounced UR-KUHT) and meaning, ‘on or by a thicket’, was once a home of the Comyn Clan....
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