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Norway 4 Scotland 0

Posted by John McKenna on Thursday, August 13, 2009, In : Misc 
....and that kinda say's it all !

So......on to happier things......

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare example of a grave that has been kept almost intact for 4000 years.

The burial chamber, which was found in Forteviot, Perthshire, is thought to have been used as the final resting place of a "significant" person, who may have been a community leader or religious figure in the Early Bronze Age.

His grave lay hidden by a four-ton sandstone slab until a crane was used to lift the massive s...


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Tonight's the Night!

Posted by John McKenna on Wednesday, August 12, 2009, In : Sport 
SCOTLAND'S World Cup dream hangs in the balance but manager George Burley will not be stricken by a fear of failure as he sends out a side alert to the need for a victory tonight in Oslo.......and they better win too!

jings crivvens and help ma'boab!




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World Cup Qualifier......keep your fingers crossed!

Posted by John McKenna on Sunday, August 9, 2009, In : Sport 
Scotland play Norway on Wednesday.......

THE SMELL of cut grass, another strip, maybe a new challenge: this time of year brings many things to mind, but the national side is not one of them.
On the shores of Loch Lomond this weekend, Scotland are preparing for a World Cup qualifying match in Oslo, the magnitude of which ought not to be lost in the phoney war that is pre-season.

Their crucial Group 9 clash with Norway has a surreal dimension to it, a bit like a birthday during the festive peri...

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Burns homage in Tattoo programme : BBC

Posted by John McKenna on Thursday, August 6, 2009, In : Music 

The event will also celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scottish poet Robert Burns.

More than 1,000 performers, featuring a Tongan cultural troupe, Swiss percussionists and Brit Award-winning pipers and drummers will attend.

The tattoo is expected to draw 217,000 people over three weeks from 7 August.

A special Burns homag...


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World Pipe Band Championships 2009

Posted by John McKenna on Tuesday, August 4, 2009, In : Music 

Glasgow Green – Saturday 15 August

The biggest and best event in piping is back! Once again, pipe bands from across the globe will descend onto Glasgow Green with one goal - to be World Pipe Band Champions 2009! Welcoming bands from as far afield as Australia, USA, Pakistan and New Zealand, this is the most anticipated musical event on the cultural calendar.


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English Haggis Claim Shocks Scots !

Posted by John McKenna on Monday, August 3, 2009, In : Scottish Food 

Monday, August 3 01:40 pm

ITN

Haggis-makers in Scotland have leapt to the defence of the country's signature dish after claims it was first made in England.

 

 
English haggis claim shocks Scots

Food historian Catherine Brown said she found references to the dish in a book called The English Hus-Wife, dated 1615.

But she said the first mention she could find of Scottish haggis was in 1747.

Ms Brown said the book indicates that haggis was first eaten in England and subseque...


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The Scottish Midgie!

Posted by John McKenna on Sunday, August 2, 2009, In : Wildlife 

Midge……

 

Websters defn: Any of various gnatlike flies of the family Chironomidae, found worldwide and frequently occurring in swarms near ponds and lakes.


It's more aggressive branch the Scottish midge (Midgie)…..

and it’s psychopathic sub-clan the ‘Island Midgie’.....

: )

An Ode to the Island Midge

 

Och you fearsome, ferocious, wee beast,
Upon my tender flesh you do feast.
In my hoose, you sneak through the door
Followed by 3 million more.

When the air is warm and still
Yo...


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