The origins of many Scottish festivals, such as Beltane and Hallowe’en, lie deep in the pagan past, and although the significance of many festivals may now be long forgotten, they have continued to...
Names are very important and can unlock vast amounts of information about places and their origins. The placenames of Scotland are a goldmine of information about times past and the lives of early inhabitants....
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