Tag: traditions
member name: Ishbel R.
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February 19, 2009 05:37 AM EST --
This is a updated version of an article I wrote last year all about the British custom of Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday. Next Tuesday will be Shrove Tuesday.
Traditionally in the UK, the . . .
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January 07, 2008 10:21 AM EST --
One of the most famous emblems of Scotland is the humble thistle, along with the motto of Scottish kings, 'Nemo me impune lacessit' - translated as 'None provokes me, unpunished'- or in . . .
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January 02, 2008 10:44 AM EST --
CRANACHAN
1 pint double cream
2 tablespoons clear, runny honey (heather if you can get it)
3-4 tablespoons whisky
4 tablespoon plain yoghurt (this . . .
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December 31, 2007 06:47 PM EST --
Hogmanay is the Scots celebration of New Year's Eve. It is our biggest celebration of the year, and much planning goes into the festivities.
It is a time of many traditions in . . .
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January 02, 2008 06:14 AM EST --
Great on a wet, cold winter's afternoon, freshly toasted and dripping with butter (no substitute will do!) and a pot of Earl Grey tea. I made a batch first thing this morning.
The . . .
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January 02, 2008 06:02 PM EST --
Collops is a Scots corruption of the French term, escallope. This is a family recipe from the early 1800s. This is enough to feed four people.
1 tablespoon of oil (I use sunflower) . . .
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January 08, 2008 10:26 AM EST --
Affectionately known as The Saltire, the flag is a white diagonal cross on a bright blue background. The St Andrew's cross (as it is known) is used as a mark of respect to St Andrew, Scotland's . . .
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January 07, 2008 09:20 AM EST --
Curling is an ancient Scots game, which has spread around the world, mostly by emigrant Scots, to places as far flung as New Zealand and Canada.
The game is very old, the first written report about . . .
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February 29, 2008 03:46 AM EST --
Hot cross buns have been an Easter tradition in the UK for hundreds of years. The origins are lost in the mists of time, but the version that I was taught was that the Anglo Saxons baked buns . . .
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November 22, 2007 07:01 AM EST --
I first posted this article back in 2007 - but thought it might be of topical interest to some members!
This will be the first of a couple of articles about our Christmas/New Year/Hogmanay . . .
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January 02, 2008 09:52 AM EST --
I posted this in 2007, but thought it worth reviving it, in light of the fact that it will soon be Burns' Night again!
Every year, on the anniversary of his birth, Scots the world . . .
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