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Scotland
Questions related to the country of Scotland, which is located at the northern end of the island of Great Britain. The island lies close to the Atlantic coast of Europe. Scotland together with Northern Ireland, England and Wales comprises the nation called The United Kingdom
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Is it legal to use anti vandal paint in Scotland?
Yes, it is legal to use the anti vandal paint in Scotland. However, there are a number of factors to be considered when using the anti vandal paint in Scotland. The paint never dries and sticks to clothing. The anti vandal paint is also called the anti-climbing pain.
The two groups of people who resisted Roman rule and fled to Scotland were the what?
The Caledonians and the Picts.
When does the salmon season end on the River Tay?
The salmon season ends on the 15th of October, on the River Tay.
What sport was banned in 1467 in Scotland?
golf and soccer were because the men were playing golf instead of practicing archery
What river is the loch ness monster in in Scotland?
It's not in a river, it's in a "loch" or lake.
Loch Ness to be precise, hence being called the "Loch Ness Monster".
Did the last name Reid ever belong to Jewish Scots?
Although Scotland was possibly the only European country never to enact anti-Jewish legislation and/or expel its Jewish population, very few Jews lived in the country before the late 1800s. Jewish immigration came initially from Germany but then overwhelmingly from eastern Europe - Poland, Russia and particularly what's now Lithuania.
Of course, the Jewish immigrants arrived with 'Jewish' family names typical of eastern Europe but, assimilating in the second generation (and particularly during World War 1 when 'German' names like Goldberg or Rosenblum were not a good idea in Scotland) many Jews adopted typically Scottish family names. So Cohen became often Cowan and and many Roths and Rothmans became Reids (both names mean 'red').
To that extent Reid is not an uncommon Scottish Jewish family name (it's my name in fact) but most Reids are, of course, not Jewish.
Who specifically implemented the Scottish Highland Clearances?
The Landlords, in most cases Clan Chiefs. Originally a feudal society social changes and legislation over the years had changed the ties between the Chiefs and their highland clan. Already underway by the time of the Jacobite rebellions occurred the final disconnect was put in place after Culloden to remove the ability of the Chiefs to call men to arms and dispense justice (Tenures abolition act and the Heritable Jurisdiction act), designed to remove the military threat it had the effect of removing the final connection between the two. Many already absent the role of landlord became their prime concern and the drive to make the land profitable their ultimate goal. Originally produce such as kelp was farmed needing people to harvest it and emigration was actually prevented but as prices collapsed and the demand for sheep and cattle increased people were displaced either to other parts or directly overseas. Factors experienced in the new farming were brought in from the Lowlands or even England. Plenty of resources on the web but for a slightly different focus read the debate in the Scottish Parliament from the link below.
Which is cooler Irish or Scottish accent?
First of all, there are many Scottish accents that are very different to each other and there are also many Irish accents that are very different to each other. It would impossible and only a matter of opinion at to which of these many accents is the coolest, so there is no answer to the question.
What is the boundary of Scotland?
If you mean border there is only one with England along the line of the Cheviot Hills. For the rest it is surrounded by the sea.
Who can wear your Scottish tartan?
Anyone can wear any tartan there is no legal restriction on anything. No one in the UK would produce a Balmoral tartan for anyone other than the Royal Family and there is the odd "personal" tartan that the manufacturers wont make without that persons permission or is patented but apart from that there are no restrictions. Socially/Morally people might question wearing a military tartan when you haven't served in the regiment or wearing a clan tartan when you don't belong to that family name but it depends on the company you mix in if this will cause any offense and how you handle it. It is always possible to join a modern clan society even if you don't share the name. If you still feel uncomfortable about wearing a clan tartan there are so many general and district tartans amongst the thousands you should find something. Some pipe bands who will have a mixture of people including non Scots will wear the same tartan and generally have the courtesy to ask the Clan Chief's permission. It is however a courtesy there is a myth that only the Clan Chief can give permission but the majority of tartans do not "belong" to anyone and there is no copyright on them. Historically there was no such thing as a clan tartan it is an invention of the early 19th century. Originally tartans were produced in an area or district and anyone wore them, they did not denote a clan. In battle a sprig/ribbon/flower was worn in the bonnet to denote which side you belonged to, highlanders wore whatever they liked. Wilsons the first modern manufacturer after Culloden used to number their tartans or call them after districts. Americans and Canadians in particular seem to want to trace back their ancestry to a romanticised view of the clan and pay reverence to the Clan Chief forgetting it was his ancestors who probably cleared their ancestors off the land! See the related question on Tartans for more info and links to the Tartan sites.
The history of Scottish tartans?
Celtic tribes were wearing check and stripes patters for thousands of years but the earliest record of checked cloth in Scotland was the Falkirk tartan dating to the 3rd century, the first written record in Scotland dates from the 16th century and the first pictorial evidence of what we would recognise as "modern" tartan turned up in the 17th century (Scottish mercenaries in Germany wearing tartan).
Tartans were not specially tied into clans in older times there were more tied into districts or areas. Several clans might wear the same tartan or pattern derived from the local weavers, the patterns dependant on what was locally available as dyes from the coasts to inland moors and it was sometimes impossible to discern the clans in battle as there was no uniformity. Even when the chiefs tried to make the clans more uniform they were often ignored by their own immediate family (no change there then), people wore what they liked sometimes several different tartans. Distinguishing friend or foe in battle was a matter of wearing a sign - ribbon/cloth/sprig usually in the bonnet to distinguish one side from another. This continued up to the battle of Culloden where Highlanders were on both sides:- ("Hold your Hand, I'm a Cambell. On which I asked him,Where's your Bonnet ? He reply'd, Somebody have snatched it off my Head. I only mention this to shew how we distinguished our loyal Clans from the Rebels ; they being dress'd and equip'd all in one Way, except the Bonnet ; ours having a red or yellow Cross of Cloath or Ribbon ; theirs a white Cockade" quoted from one of the letters of a Highland officer at Culloden as he pursued the Jacobites).
Culloden marked the turning point though for Tartan in Scotland. The Act of Proscription introduced in 1747 banned the wearing of the kilt and tartan in the Highlands except for the gentry and the army. As highland weavers disappeared and basic machinery was destroyed enterprising manufacturers set up shop just outside in the Lowlands to cater for the army contracts and the civilian demand from landed gentry, those living in the Lowlands and those abroad. Wilsons of Bannockburn was the most well known. Set up with modern machinery in 1760 they started to produce regimental tartans and popular district tartans. They were either named after the area or in many cases just numbered, these numbers were gradually superseded by names of the largest buyers or where they were mostly bought from. The first lists only numbered about a hundred tartans. The Act of Proscription was repealed in 1782 but it wasn't until two events in the early 19th century that things changed radically. The Highland Society of London collected as many tartans as they could find and asked the Clan chiefs to identify theirs. This sent many a chief of to the older members of the Clan for guidance or in one famous case to Wilsons. The Clan Chief of the MacPherson wrote to Wilsons for help. They couldn't find a MacPherson tartan but found No 43 also known as Kidd as this was the name of the man first to buy it. However a Mr. MacPherson of the West Indies had ordered such a tartan so they duly renamed it and sent the sample to London. It remains to this day the standard MacPherson tartan (although they have added others since). A number of old pictures of Clan Chiefs have emerged over the years depicting them in an other clan's tartan showing the problem in narrowing down a single tartan to a single clan historically. The Chief of the MacDonald's wrote back to the society "Being really ignorant of what is exactly The Macdonald Tartan, I request you will have the goodness to exert every Means in your power to Obtain a perfectly genuine Pattern, Such as Will Warrant me in Authenticating it with my Arms."In the same era a merchant wrote "Please send me a piece of Ross tartan, and if there isn't one, please send me a different pattern and call it Ross."
By 1819 Wilson's Key Pattern book contained 200 patterns. The second major event was the pageant of 1822 for the visit of King George IV to Edinburgh arranged mainly by Sir Walter Scott (romanticist, novelist and myth maker) who persuaded a number of Clan Chiefs to appear and the King himself in tartan. Tartan grew in popularity from here enormously even being adopted by Lowlanders and has come to represent Scotland as national dress and many tartans were invented in this era. The "Sobeiski Stuarts" and various Tartan books published in the aftermath all added to the impetus. It was later helped along the way by another royal Queen Victoria whose husband invented a Balmoral tartan and had it made into a carpet and wall coverings!
Today: The industry grows exponentially as shown by the numbers from hundreds at the turn of the 19th century to thousands today. Even the Irish (who had virtually no tartan recorded and wore the Leine* not the kilt) are now served by the Scottish Tartan industry. With a small number of exceptions they are the colours of the Irish Counties and Provinces fed into traditional Scottish tartan patterns. Pop your name into a database and if it doesn't have a clan tartan they will turn up a district connection which will then churn out a district tartan. Almost full circle for the history of how tartan was worn originally but in this case the tartan almost nearly all invented in the 1990s. So as a Celtic descendant if you want to trace your name through the various spellings and find yourself a tartan you can, it will bring a sense of belonging and connect you to others of a now extended Clan. However don't think your ancestors strode through the Highlands wearing this stuff, the modern "little kilt" (phillabeg/feilidh-beag - as opposed to the Great Kilt/Feliidh mhor) is also a "modern" adaption the first sewn pleated kilt only appearing in 1792 although that's another story..........
How far from the northern most coast of Scotland to Lands End?
The straight-line distance from John o' Groats to Land's End is 603 miles (970 km). By road it is 874 miles (1406 km).
What is a Scottish quilt used for and what does it look like?
A Scottish quilt is used as a decorative bed cover or wall hanging, just an any other quilt. What makes them unique is their use of plaids in the design.
What did the Declaration of Arbroath contribute to the Declaration of Independence?
This is quite a highly controversial issue amongst historians.
Some would argue that the declaration of Arbroath was a diplomatic letter, while others see it as a radical movement in western constitutional thought.
The letter was written for the pope, to convince him as head of the "European christian super state" to recognise Scottish sovereignty. This recognition would of put pressure on Edward of England to make peace and do the same.
This recognition would result in Scotland securing its Independence in the long term. Many of the claims of the declaration are totally untrue (for example that all Scots supported Bruce, there were many who still supported the Balliol claim, they just kept quiet until after the Battle of Dupplin Moor 1332)
Quote from the document
'Yet if he (Bruce) should give up what he has begun, and agree to make us or our kingdom subject to the King of England or the English, we should exert ourselves at once to drive him out as our enemy and a subverter of his own rights and ours, and make some other man who was well able to defend us our King; for, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom - for that alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.'
These historians also argue that the passage (quoted above) that says if Bruce betrays us to the English we would select a new king, is rubbish as nobody could replace him, he had no sons and the closest claimant was Balliol who was exiled in France.
Historians that take the view that the declaration was a radical movement in western constitutional thought and hence a precursor to the declaration of independence.
Historians on this side argue that the threat to drive Bruce out was not a bluff, and reflected the feelings of the Scottish nobility at the time and say it is probable that one of Bruces supporters would of been elected king
They argue that notable theologians of the day such as Dun Scotus had influenced Bishop Lambert. This new idea of popular sovereignty instead of divine mandate was used to establish Bruce in Scotland and convince many Scots to fight for him.
Neither side makes an entirely convincing argument,
So in conclusion we do not know, but it is very possible that in either case that the idea of popular sovereignty inspired the writers of the Declaration of Independence to create a contractual government.
Who was the first person to rule Denmark?
Harald Blåtand (Harold Bluetooth) is usually considered the first king of a united Denmark. Btw.: Because he was considered a great communicator, a standard for wireless data exchange has been named after him.
Why are there so many Scottish people on the BBC?
I don't think there is a real "reason" as to why there are, but the bottom line is that Scotland is a part of Britain, and BBC stands for "British Broadcasting Corportation", not "English Broadcasting Corporation". As long as they are talented and TV material, the BBC will hire you whever you're from, like most TV stations.
Can you have driving lessons in England for driving in Europe?
Once you are a UK full licence holder you are entitled to drive abroad with that licence. Make sure you comply with insurance requirements in the country you are visiting and other safety laws. ie, some countries require you have hi-viz vests and triangle, spare bulbs etc with you in the car. Take proof you are entitled to drive the vehicle you are in, MOT, insurance docs and V5. If you move abroad to live permanently you have to get a licence from that country eventually. Most countries don't expect UK licence holders to take another test.
What is the best golf course in St Barts?
At about eight square miles, and very hilly, the island does not have a golf course. However, there is a driving range.
Why is the movie about Idi Amin called 'The Last King of Scotland'?
the movie is told by idi amin's doctor James mcavoy who was or is scottish
He was previously fascinated with Scotland.
AlbaHe announced himself as King of Scotland as he felt that we too were an oppressed people and had a bond