Scotland

Scotland's climate is similar to the south of New Zealand's South Island.

The British Empire is all but gone, with the last major overseas territory, Hong Kong, becoming a special administrative region of China in 1997.

Scotland was an independent country until 1707, when the Union with England Act was passed. Scotland is now part of the United Kingdom, with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. However, Scotland has a devolved national Parliament and, for example, an educational system and a legal system that are separate from those of England and Wales.

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Answer Scottish (in english), Scots (in Scots), or Albannaich (in Scots-Gaelic).

It means 'must not' in the dialect of English called 'Scots'.

Pounds and pence

Which end of Scotland? It's quite a big country.

Seaweed is a generalised name given to many species of marine algae. Scots Pine is a particular species of pine tree which is found growing naturally in Scotland.

Cumbria, Co.Durham and Northumberland - the Cheviot Hills form a natural barrier to the South between the two countries. However, if you mean 'countries', the answer is 'only England'.

l'Ecosse - Scotland

No, they sit in the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. However, Scottish constituencies can, and do, elect members to sit in the UK Parliament in London.

Iceland is not part of the United Kingdom.

Burke was born in the parish of Orrey, county Tyrone, Ireland. William was born in the Province of Ulster in Ireland. William Burke and William Hare developed a more direct method to provide fresh cadavers to Edinburgh anatomy schools because they weren't grave robbers, they were killers. The first corpse was a tenant staying Hares' lodging-house in the West Port. The rest ones they killed. The mode of death was designed to leave no marks called burking.

William Burke and his wife Helen journeyed to Peebles and Leith and then Edinburgh. William Hare had also journeyed from Ireland to Scotland to work on the Union Canal; although it is not believed he ever encountered Burke there. That's in on the record and the exact address was not mentioned. Hare never arrived to Peebles.

The Gulf Stream brings warm water from the tropics to Scotland.

Very little ! There were thousands of shilling coins produced by the Royal Mint. Unless the coin has some 'peculiarity' that makes it stand out from all the others, it's worth less than its face value !

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Dunoon is a town.

train Scotland has a long history of inventors and innovation. James Watt perfected the steam engine, William Murdoch invented gas lighting, Charles Macintosh (the raincoat), James Young Simpson (discovered Chloroform), James Young (discovered Paraffin), Lord Kelvin (thermodynamics), John Boyd Dunlop (the modern tyre), Alexander Graham Bell (reputedly the telephone but this is under dispute), John Logie Baird (televison), Robert Watson-Watt (developed Radar), James Black/Ian Wilmut (betablockers), James Chalmers (adhesive stamps), Kirkpatrick Macmillan (bicycle) John MacAdam (tarmac), John Paul Jones (founded the US Navy), Alexander Fleming (discovered penecillin), Capt Patrick of Pitfours (breech-loading rifle)

they earn between 50 and 150 pounds a week plus bonuses

no,wales is to the west of england and scotland is to the north of england.

to get away with somthing unscrathed

Bairn is often used.

That depends on where you are measuring from. The most northerly point on mainland Scotland is Dunnet head, but if you include the islands it's Out Stack, Shetland.

Interesting question. A good case can be made for Dunfermline, Edinburgh, Perth and Stirling.