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The term "Clan" comes from the Gaelic and means "children" or more more appropriately, "family". Scottish Clans were originally a Highland way of life. Branches of a clan which owes allegiance to the clan chief are know as Septs.
Rob Roy MacGregor was a famed cattle thief and Jacobite fighter. Born at Glengyle, on Loch Katrine, son of an army officer, MacGregor fought with John Graham of Claverhouse (1649 - 89) at Killiecrankie and then as a mercenary.
Robert Burns who visited Dunkeld, was born near Ayr, Scotland, 25th of January, 1759. He was the son of William Burnes, or Burness, at the time of the poet's birth a nurseryman on the banks of the Doon in Ayrshire.
Earl of Carrick, Robert The Bruce was born at Turnberry Castle, Ayrshire, in 1274, of both Norman and Celtic ancestry.
William Wallace was the younger son of a Scottish knight and minor landowner. His name, Wallace or le Waleis, means the Welshman, and he was probably descended from Richard Wallace who had followed the Stewart family to Scotland in the 12th century.
Mary Queen of Scots was born in Linlithgow Palace, Scotland, on the 7th of December 1542. She was the daughter of King James V of Scotland, and his French wife, Mary of Guise.
Stuart, Charles Edward (1720-1788), better known as Bonnie Prince Charlie, led an unsuccessful rebellion in Scotland and northern England in 1745 and 1746.
Scottish Surnames divide themselves into two classes, Highland, and Lowland. In a very few instances they were assumed before the eleventh century, and indeed by far the larger proportion, since the thirteenth century.
From Bawd Bree to Partan Bree, a distinctive culinary repertoire awaits the traveler to Scotland, and those who associate Scottish Cooking with such deadly sounding dishes as haggis and black bun is in for a pleasant surprise.
Why do we throw a coin in the River Tay or the River Forth “for luck ?“ The origin and significance of many of our Scottish customs and Scottish Folklore.
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