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Brigadoonery or Tradition, Scotching the Scottish Myths.
We get a lot of odd requests at ScotClans. Despite living here all our lives (well apart from a year in Carlisle but I don’t like to talk about that!) and thinking we know pretty much all there is to know about Scottish Traditions we do hear about ceremonies that are a complete mystery to […]
New Clan Pages Added to ScotClans.Com
The long awaited functionality to add new clans to the site database has finally been completed so weve managed to add 9 new Clans. We are still researching the History and People pages but have posted up the crests and tartans for each new clan as well as filling up the clan shops – here […]
The world’s most expensive kilt?
Pebbles based company Holland and Sherry are in the process of weaving what will be one of the worlds most expensive tartans. The tartan is to be woven from 100% Mongolian cashmere. This extraordinary fabric will cost around £200 a metre to the trade so it’s estimated that a kilt made in this tartan would […]
New breed of sheep with tartan wool!
If you’re near Auchingarrich Wildlife Centre you might catch a glimpse of one of the new world famous ‘tartan sheep’. Bred to produce tartan wool this sheep has become quite a tourist attraction.
Is it possible to have one world family tree?
Genifounder David Sacks has said all along that he wants to create a single family tree for the whole world. Based on some usage stats the company will announce on Thursday, they’re moving towards that goal: over a million unique visitors in August (growth has been steady). And the biggest family tree at Geni now […]
Here We Go, Here We Go, Here We Go (again)
In November last year our long serving band of usual suspects crammed into a pub in Stirling that we would normally not be seen dead in, In fact the reason we were in Stirling in the first place was to avoid the mayhem of Edinburgh or Glasgow. The rollercoaster ride of the Euro 2008 qualifiers […]
Scottish Olympic Heroes Return Home
The Streets of Edinburgh were lined the other day to welcome home some sporting heroes. Its been a long time since anyone said that. Cyclist and triple gold medal winner Chris Hoy led a small band of Scottish Olympians who, as part of the British Olympic team have recorded one of the best medal performances […]