Scottish places mentioned in songs

Scottish places mentioned in songs

A challenge has been set by our Twitter supporter BergFulton to find songs that mention specific sites/cities in Scotland. Bonus points if the band is not actually Scottish …. So here we are: Lochaber no more, sutherland no more Lewis no more Skye no more. Bathgate no more Linwood no more Methil no more Irvine […]

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Scots Slang – Nothing beats it!

Scots Slang – Nothing beats it!

Thanks to our twitter crowd we’ve been inspired to start collecting some of the our favorite examples of Scottish slang. Here’s what we have so far: Driech as in its a driech day ootside yer erse is oot the windae….you are revealing your bottom boak . to be sick, a dry boak to wretch bonglie […]

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Freedom and Chips Please!

Freedom and Chips Please!

The Declaration of Arbroath is one of Scotland’s most famous documents. Scotland’s great cry of independence and freedom from the (then) yoke of the English. As with all great moments in history they do tend to appear on all manner of tourist souvenirs; there are Declaration of Arbroath fridge magnets, Declaration tea towels, probably even […]

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