San Diego Scottish Highland Games
Once there was a young farmer who lived near the Scottish border. He lived alone, for his parents had died long before, and he had no siblings. But he had the farm, and a fine small farm it was. He worked only part of the land, for he liked to work for himself and hired […]
Dear San Diego Scottish Highland Games, Thank you so much for your generous donation toward my travel expenses to perform in the 2017 Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo in Scotland. It was an extraordinary experience and you helped make that dream come true! The band I was a member of in the Tattoo was the Royal
by Todd Wilkinson While the Kirkin’ o’ the Tartan service celebrates Scotland and Scottish heritage, it is a truly a Scottish-American custom. If one searches the Internet for information, stories abound of the Kirkin’s roots being in days of the Act of Proscription, when the wearing of the kilt was banned in the Highlands –
Upon that night, when fairies light On Cassilis Downans dance, Or over the lays, in splendid blaze, On sprightly horses prance; Or for Colean the route is taken, Beneath the moon’s pale beams; There, up the cove, to stray and rove, Among the rocks and streams To sport that night. Among the bonny winding banks,
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Dogs figure prominently in tales from Scotland. There are the sheepdogs (who are so entertaining at the San Diego Highland Games). There are the ghost dogs which warn people of danger. There are faithful dogs who bring joy to their families. But surely no dog is better known in Scottish lore than Greyfriars Bobby. John
The Italian highlanders who may have Scottish roots By Dany Mitzman Gurro, northern Italy 11 August 2017 Thousands of Italians emigrated to Scotland in the 20th Century, but it seems that 400 years earlier a group of Scots may have settled in a village in the Italian Alps. So local legend has it… And
Many years ago, there was a lad named Jack who lived in a small cottage with his mother. I’m not sure how many years ago this happened, but as you will see, you would probably want to know.) Jack worked as a shepherd for a rich laird who was as stingy a man as ever
Friday, June 23, 7:00 pm, “Sea Spells & Moor Magic: Tales and Legends from Scotland,” James Nelson-Lucas, Marilyn McPhie, Fred Laskowski, Aunt Li-Anne with fiddler Rachel Amov. San Diego Highland Games, Brengle Terrace Park, 1200 Vale Terrace Drive, Vista, CA, adults $10, ages 5-18 $5, under 5 – free, Info: Marilyn, 858-484-1325. More storytelling Saturday
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Once there was a young man called Jock who lived with his old mother. One day she said to him, “Jock, you are a lazy fellow, and it seems that I have to do everything for both of us. You need to go out and find some work to help us out.” “I’ll do that,
The Declaration of Arbroath, is without a doubt the most precious and treasured historical document in the National Archives of Scotland. Our own Declaration of independence was modeled after the Declaration of Arbroath. The document was written in 1320 as a request to the Pope for Scotland to be recognized as an independent nation. The