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Traditional Scottish Wedding
The origins of the traditional Scottish wedding: Scotland always seems to do things in it’s own way and style – and a Scottish wedding is no exception to the rule. In the 21st century, the Scottish wedding is an intricate blend of ancient highland tradition mixed in with modern, streamlined rites. Present day Scottish wedding…
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William Wallace
This is the truth I tell you: of all things freedom’s most fine. Never submit to live, my son, in the bonds of slavery entwined.’ William Wallace – His Uncle’s proverb, from Bower’s Scotichronicon c.1440’s The reputation of William Wallace runs like a fault line through later medieval chronicles. For the Scots, William Wallace was…
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Last Scottish Witch
Helen Duncan was born in Callender, Scotland, on the 25 November 1897. From an early age she is said to have displayed the ‘gift’ of medium with the spirit world. A prominent feature of her sittings was her ability to emit ‘ectoplasm’ from her mouth during her trances – a stringy white substance that is…