Remember: It is Scot or Scottish. Scotch is something you pour down your throat.
The Ladies from Hell:
When the First World War broke out in the summer of 1914, the Scottish regiments in the British army were still clad in kilts. Not the tartan of the past, but modern military-dictated khaki. The Scots were often led into battle by their pipers playing wild and stirring music. The sheer ferocity of the Scots and their incredible fighting abilities greatly impressed the Germans. Because the Germans thought that the kilts were skirts, they called these fierce Scots "the ladies from hell." It is said that some Germans retreated from battle when they heard the skirling of the pipes.
Haunted
Scotland:
The lonely, wind-swept moors, the craggy tors, the isolated islands--Scotland might be one of the most haunted places in the world. From the border legends of Tam Lin to the Pictish Stones, to the ruined castles--legends, myths, and strange stories abound. Ashrays, Dryads, the Ghillie Dhu, Waterkelpies, Silkies, Witches, Ghosts, Fairies, and Elves--Scotland has them all and more!!
Some Scottish Inventions & Discoveries
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adhesive postage stamps antisepsis artificial diamonds reaping machine Bank of England Buicks penicillin the decimal point documentary films Encyclopedia Britannica fax machines first cloned mammal golf hypodermic syringes |
percussion powder logarithms mackintosh raincoats macadamized roads microwave ovens breech-loading rifle quinine pneumatic tyres Peter Pan radar cure for scurvy Halloween refrigerators |
the steam engine telephones thermos flasks/dewars the telegraph television paraffin Sherlock Holmes Toad of Toad Hall Long John Silver Jekyll and Hyde Auld Lang Syne Whisky US Navy Chilean Navy Economics |
Dour
Scots??
Under the Kilt Big Page of Bagpipe Humour Smelly Welly Tele Scottish Humour
Are You a Scot?
There are more people of Celtic descent in North America today than in all the European-based Celtic countries put together.
Clan & Surname Search Official Scottish records Tracing Your Scottish Ancestry Ancestry--UK
Scots in the World
In 1419 150 Scottish men-at-arms and 300 Scottish archers landed at La Rochelle, France. Over the course of the next six years 17,000 men would disembark from Glasgow to make the same journey. They formed the basis of the only armies the French could put in the field for the next ten years. Without them there would be no France
The escort that accompanied Jeanne d'Arc and the Dauphin, soon to be Charles VII, was composed almost entirely of Scots.
Spain & Portugal:
DNA studies show that the Scots may be as closely related to the people of Spain and Portugal as to the Celts of central Europe.
United States:
Three distinctive groups of Scots immigrated to America: the Lowland Scots, the Highland Scots and the Scotch-Irish.
Out of the original thirteen states, nine governors were of Scottish ancestry.
All the members of the first American cabinet had Scottish ancestry.
At least 11 Presidents of the USA were of Scots ancestry.
35 Supreme Court Justices had Scottish ancestry.
More than half the Colonial soldiers in the American Revolution were Scots. Some historians call the Revolution a "Scottish Rebellion." James Craik, a Scot, was President Washington's Army surgeon.
Many of the signatories to the Declaration of Independence of 1776 were Scots and Irish-Scots.
The beliefs of the Scottish Enlightenment, such as separation of church and state, played a big role in forming America's laws.
America has eight Aberdeens, eight Edinburghs, seven Glasgows and eight places, simply known as Scotland. Many more place names are clan names (Dawson, Campbell, etc.)
Many Highland Scots – with names like Ross and Macdonald – became part and parcel of the Indian nations of the southeast. For generations the principal chiefs of the Creek were called either MacIntosh or McGillivray.
Legendary frontiersmen – Davie Crockett, Jim Bowie, Daniel Boone, Jeremiah Johnston – were of Scots-Irish stock.
Seventy-five percent (75%) of the South’s population was Celtic. The Confederate flag was a transatlantic version of the saltires of St. Andrew and St. Patrick, celebrated as ‘the bonnie blue flag’.
Sports and Leisure: Popular Scottish sports, golf and curling, were introduced to America by the Scottish immigrants. Modern American track and field events originated from massive Scottish athletic tournaments.
Food & Drink: Whisky is the national drink of Scotland and none can surpass it for quality or taste. More Scottish food popular in America: shortbread, Scotch eggs, Scotch broth, oatmeal (porridge), leek soup, Dundee cake, fruitcake, lamb (mutton) stew.
Education: Most headmasters of the schools in the new colonies south of New York were Scottish or have Scottish ancestry. These establishments were fundamental in the education of America's future leaders; both Thomas Jefferson's and John Rutledge's tutors were Scottish immigrants. Scots arriving in the New World soon established universities, colleges and other educational establishments.
Medicine: Of the 400 or so doctors with degrees in medicine in 1775, most of those had been educated in Scotland. John Kay and Samuel Bard established the first medical school in New York, King's College, both medical graduates of Edinburgh University. One of the founders of Harvard Medical School was a Scot.
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