It is easy to get wrapped up in any culture you visit when you try the food for the first time. Sweet and savory, spicy and exotic, whatever the combination the food seeps over your tongue or how it tingles your palate – you will understand so much more about the country you are visiting …
— contributed by Marilyn McPhie Many, many years ago the people who lived near a loch by the River Spey were plagued with a terrible water horse. He was most often seen in the spring, when he seemed to be grazing along with the cattle who were by the loch. All who saw the water …
The name Duncan can be found in Scotland’s oldest records in its Gaelic form Dunchad/Donchadh and other spelling variants. (Dunchad) Duncan, which was originally a forename, is one of the oldest names in Scotland and can be dated back to the Celtic Scotii (Scots) from Ireland who colonized the Southwest of Scotland from about the …
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Mountain Thyme was started by an entrepreneurial wife and mother, Natalie McMeeken, in the mountains of sunny SoCal. A music major and singer with an eye for design and a love for Scottish and Celtic culture, she decided to take her hobby of …
Join us at one of our two stages, where we’ll have wonderful live music performed all weekend. We have our main stage, located over near the vendor and clans booths. Or join us at our fully-covered beer garden stage, where we’ll have several Scottish-inspired beer options on tap, from Ballast Point. See the schedule, and …
— contributed by Marilyn McPhie Long ago there was a farm known as Ferne Den. It took its name from the Den, or the Glen, filled with ferns that lay all around the farm. Anyone visiting the farm had to pass through the glen. And that was a problem, because in the glen there lived …
Relax! ALL San Diego Scottish Highland Games events are ON SCHEDULE, as planned— The Padres’ Scottish Heritage Night, and our annual festival June 22-23! Be sure to buy your tickets early!
The Scots Gaelic language, or simply Scottish Gaelic, is a member of the Goidelic group of the Celtic Languages. These languages are spoken along the Northwest coast of Scotland and the Hebrides Island, you will also find many Gaelic speaking communities in Australia, United States, and Canada. Gaelic was introduced into Scotland around 500 AD, …
