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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

Burns Night – a Scottish tradition to commemorate one of the world’s greatest poets

2 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

First Monday of the New Year: discover the lost celebration of Handsel Monday!

3 months ago Leo S

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• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

I bùr ad Sant’Andrè – The dark nights of Saint Andrew and other stories about November 30

4 months ago randomcollabs

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• History

The mystery of the 2,500-years-old Ballachulish Goddess

6 months ago Adam

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• Breaking News

The story of “Heavy-Fired” bread buns sold at English Market that people can’t stop talking about

7 months ago Robin

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• Myths and Legends

Bean-nighe, the Washerwoman of Death of Scottish Folklore

9 months ago Leo S

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• People, mysteries and stories

The macabre story of Sawney Bean, Scotland’s most famous cannibal

10 months ago Leo S

3 min read

• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Dwarfie Stane, Britain’s only example of a rock-cut tomb

10 months ago Nathan

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• Lighthouses of the world

Southerness Lighthouse, the second oldest lighthouse in Scotland

11 months ago Nathan

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• Myths and Legends

The Tale of the Scottish Thistle

12 months ago Leo S

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• History

The battle of Glen Trool: Robert the Bruce’s first victory over an English army in 1307

12 months ago Adam

2 min read

• Myths and Legends

Ghillie Dhu, the Elf of forest from Scottish Folklore

1 year ago Pavel

3 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Rua Reidh Lighthouse and it’s beautiful accommodation in Scotland

1 year ago Danijel90

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• Travel

Fyvie Castle: history, ghosts, weeping stones and curses

1 year ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Stirling Castle and its trapped souls

1 year ago Danijel90

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• Travel

“The Lost XVII”: a missing Roman legion was recreated in sculpture along a Scottish cycling route

2 years ago Nathan

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• Myths and Legends

The Sluagh: Celtic spirits of the unforgiven dead

2 years ago Leo S

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• Catacombs, Graves and Cemeteries

Muschats’s Cairn: a stack of stones that honors a murdered 18th-century woman.

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Travel

Devil’s Pulpit: a strange rock with a sinister reputation lurks within the crimson waters of this Scottish glen

2 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Abandoned Places

The remains of Buchanan Castle in Scotland

2 years ago Danijel90

3 min read

• Travel

St Ninian’s Cave

2 years ago Nathan

3 min read

• Travel

The secret history of Closeburn Castle, one of the oldest continually inhabited houses in Scotland~

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

Tolbooth Tavern: now home to a drinking establishment, this Edinburgh building has a macabre history ~

2 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• Travel

The strange story of the Farne Island devils

2 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• Myths and Legends

The legend of the ghost playing the bagpipe at Edinburgh Castle

2 years ago Adam

3 min read

• Holiday, folklore and Traditions

12 Ways Halloween is celebrated around the globe

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Extras

Meikleour Beech Hedge: the Guinness Record holder for largest hedge in the world is a verdant Scottish bulwark.

2 years ago Robin

2 min read

• Lighthouses of the world

Barra Head: the highest lighthouse in UK that shines from an abandoned island

2 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Travel

Dinosaur footprints at the Isle of Skye – Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• Abandoned Places

The curious story of Glasgow Sherbet Factory ruins – Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• History

Robert the Bruce: the never-say-die king (and the spider)

3 years ago Robin

4 min read

• Travel

Fingal’s Cave, the “Cave of Melody” in Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

2 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Burke & Hare Murder Dolls: the mystery of the dolls in miniature coffins

3 years ago Pavel

2 min read

• Travel

The Old Man of Storr – Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

4 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

“Half-Hangit” Maggie Dickson: the woman who survived the hangman’s noose.

3 years ago Leo S

2 min read

• Travel

The altered traffic signs of Edinburgh, Scotland

3 years ago Ivan

3 min read

• Travel

Greyfriars Bobby: the most loyal of little dogs, or a Victorian era publicity stunt?

3 years ago Nathan

2 min read

• Travel

The Moffat Ram~

3 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Scotland: the curse of the Paisley witches.

4 years ago Ivan

5 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

The mystery of the missing keepers at the Flannan Isles Lighthouse

4 years ago Ivan

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• Art and Photography

983 Followers: the spooky mural in an abandoned house in the countryside of Scotland

4 years ago Leo S

3 min read

• People, mysteries and stories

Time me, gentlemen! Robert Liston: the legendary Scottish Surgeon nicknamed “The Fastest Knife in the West End”.

4 years ago Pavel