Scotland

there are 263 islands that are a part of scotland. most contain no people living on them.

Bad food and lots of rain.

Currently, obesity is a big problem.

The largest village on the shores of Loch Ness is Foyers.

The nearest city of any considerable size is Inverness, to the northeast of Loch Ness.

Scots import Sugar, Rice, Cloths, and Plastic.

In Scotland the starting salary for a firefighter is £19,900 a year. After training and becoming competent the salary rises to £26,500. Station officers earn £34,000 - £37,500 a year. Senior officers can earn up to £80,000 or more.

They open their mouths and with a litle help from their larynx words come out. Most Scots speak English and some, particularly in the western isles, also speak Scottish Gaelic. Of course there are also Scots from other ethnic backgrounds who may also speak other languages and there are foreign language students too.
The official language of the United Kingdom (which includes Scotland) is English. People in Scotland have quite a strong accent which varies slightly from city to city and some use dialect (non-standard English) words and phrases.

Charles 1 in 1625

They dress like any other developed modern country. Generally their wear kilts at weddings and similar events, business men wear suits, goths wear goth clothes, skaters dress like skaters, some people wera jeans ans t shirts.

Manchester United's Darren Fletcher; £80,000 a week

Scottish comedian and actor Billy Connolly once said 'Scotland only gets two seasons, July and Winter'. In recent years Scottish Summers have been wetter than usual and Winters have been milder than usual. Global Warming ?

It doesn't get dark at night.

Houston is the largest city in Texas.

San Antonio comes in second.

Dallas rounds it out at no. 3

#4- Fort Worth

#5- Austin

#6- El Paso

#7- Arlington

#8- Corpus Christi

well for most of us in the usa it was the foundation of our families in the south the Scots-Irish where the main settlers whene Europe first conolized america so for most of us Scotland gave us life whether you like it or not

The 397-meter hill is of unknown age, but was probably formed by glaciers 12,800 years ago.

The statue of George Leveson-Gower , Duke of Sutherland (1758-1833), was completed and placed on the hill in 1837.

The composer isn't known, but the words were written by journalist Cliff Hanley.

You do not need to know the specific violin notes. You can pick up any simple piano version of the music, and just play the notes on the treble stave. You could even just try to play it by ear. It will not take long to work out the correct notes, and that way, you can decide which is th most comfortable key for you to play it in.

No. Sweden is further north than Scotland.

Lord Roland Cichton-Stuart of Camster and Archers KtGC Kt OM was born on Christmas Eave in Edinburgh in 1950. He went Fetters Preparatory School in Edinburgh, then Kings Chester and Kings College Cambridge. 18th Hereditary Lord president of The Noble Compan'e of Archers. Awarded a Knights Grand Cross of The Britannic Order of St. George for 30 years service to Charity. A Knight Commander and holds the Order of Merit, from the Noble Compan'e of Archers, Retired Army Officer, now disabled due to wounds acquired during his Military Service. He has been Honoured by the Australian Royal Flying Doctor Service, and for services to Peta and many other Charities, a Life Member and Descendant of the Knights of Windsor, He owns one of the largest collections of Royal Memorabilia in the world, he is also a Gem collector, and is a 'twitcher'. He is a widower, with four sons two daughters.

he is a Gold Medalist Archer, he won the 1984 Lalem all comers championship gold medal, he also won a bronze in the same archers meeting.

He owns a House in Brittany.

The motto of The Royal Bank of Scotland Group is 'Make It Happen.'.

Sean Connery, Billy Connolly, Ewan McGregor, Dougrey Scott, Ian McKellar, John Hannah, Alan Cummings, Deborah Kerr, James Cosmo, Brian Cox, Robbie Coltrane, Robert Carlyle to name but a few. Check filmographies on various web sites for further info.

The purpose was for musical entertainment. The people who invented it, probably herdsman, were able to do so because they had goat or sheep skin available and reed pipes. It was popular in the Medieval Ages. During the Renaissance, people in the courts started to play it instead of just rural folk. It was meant to entertain the king and other royal people.

The first ship to sail from Scotland with settlers to Port Chalmers, near Dunedin, which was the main Scottish settlement in New Zealand, was the Philip Laing which sailed from Greenock on 23/11/1847 and arrived in Port Chalmers on 23/3/1848.

The John Wickliffe arrived earlier but sailed from Gravesend, Kent, England.

"We've got what it takes"

"1707 no right to choose - 2007 the right to choose"

Scotland is far too cold for a Disneyland to be successful and the population in the area isn't high enough. A high percentage of the UK population lives in the southern part of Britain so Disneyland in Paris is closer than Scotland, so for both of these reasons, a Disneyland in Scotland wouldn't be viable.

Hi. If you are asking did the "Great Highland Bagpipe" originate in Scotland then I would have to say yes although there are several areas within the UK that have their own versions. They were brought over to the UK way back when the Romans invaded. I think they got them from the Asians or Africans.