Scottish Culture

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Scottish Culture
Anna Hroudová
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Scottish Tartans

• nations brand
• fabric dyed with local plants, mosses and berries
  and woven into distinctive striped or checked
  patterns
• to identify different families and clans (since
  19th century)

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The Scottish Kilt

• belted plaid 5 metres long, to cover both
  the upper and the lower body
• outlawed in the 18th century
• It is worn for formal celebrations.

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The Bagpipes

• a bag with a chanter (on which the melody is
  played) and one or more drones (pipes which play
  a continuous note)
• Not uniquely Scottish
• Music march (military events)
• - piobaireachd (classical
  music)

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Festivals Holidays

• First footing 1st January
• Burns Night 25th January
• Candlemans Day 2nd February
• St. Valentines Day 14th February
• Easter varible dates
• Hunt the Gowk 1st April
• Beltanes Day 1st May

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Festivals Holidays

• Selkirk Common Riding 18th June
• Halloween 31st October
• Guy Fawkes 5th November
• All Souls Day 2nd November
• St. Andrews Day 30th November
• Christmas
• Hogmanay New Years Eve

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Highland Games

• Braemar Gathering
• Grandfather Mountain Highland Games

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Highland Games


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Scottish Food Drinks

• Arbroath Smokie
• Bannocks (or Oatcakes)
• Scottish Beef
• Scotch Broth or Hotch-Potch
• Black Bun
• Colcannon
• Crowdie

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Scottish Food Drinks

• Forfar Bridies
• Haggis
• Scottish Salmon
• Scotch Pies
• Porridge
• Stovied Tatties (or Stovies)

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Whisky "Never drink whisky with water and never
drink water without whisky".There are probably
better cures for a head cold than a hot toddy of
whisky - but who cares?

• Scotch
• Types malt
• - grain
• - blended
• Hot Toddy

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St. Andrew

• Patron of Scotland
• Crucified on the x-shaped cross.
• Two legends how st. Andrew became patron of
  Scotland.

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Gaelic Language
Scottish Gaelic Phrase Rough English Translation
Fàilte Welcome
Halò Hello
Latha math Good day
Ciamar a tha thu? How are you?
Ciamar a tha sibh? How are you? (plural, singular formal)
Madainn mhath Good morning
Feasgar math Good afternoon
Oidhche mhath Good night
Ma 's e do thoil e If you please
Ma 's e (bh)ur toil e If you please (plural, singular formal)
Tapadh leat Thank you
Tapadh leibh Thank you (plural, singular formal)
Dè an t-ainm a tha ort? What is your name?
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Robert Burns

• a poet and a lyricist of 18th century
• national poet of Scotland cultural icon
• Wrote in Scots language and in English.
• a pioneer of romantic movement
• Themes republicanism, radicalism, patriotism,
  anticlericalism, class inequalities, atc.

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Scottish HumourLachlans Laws

• "Light travels faster than sound. This is why
  some people look bright until you hear them
  speak.
• "He who laughs last, thinks slowest."
• "The things that come to those who wait will be
  the things left by those who got there first."
• "The reason we Scots fight so often among
  ourselves is that we're always assured of having
  a worthy opponent."

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