Scottish FestivalsBirlinn, 1997 - 208 Seiten A tour of the festivals and fairs celebrated throughout Scotland. With extracts from prose, poetry and historical documents, this book discovers the significance of Whuppity Stourie, Hogmanay and the Common Ridings, and reveals why disguise and fire play a role in Scottish heritage. |
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Riding the Marches | 101 |
Parades Processions and Pageants | 118 |
Fairs and Foys | 130 |
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Aberdeen Account of Scotland Annals of Scotland annual August auld baked bannock Beltane bonfire boundaries boys Braemar Braw brose burgh burned cake Candlemas carol and carries cattle celebrated ceremony Charter Christmas Eve Church of Scotland Clavie cloth custom dancing decorated Domestic Annals door dressed Druids Dumfries Edinburgh eggs Fastern's feast festival fire gathered gifts girls given Glasgow Hallowe'en Hawick Highland Hogmanay honour horses Jedburgh John Mactaggart Kirk Session lads Lammas Langholm lass luck March Martinmas Marymas Musselburgh night nineteenth century occasions originally pageant papingo-aye paraded Parish piece piper played popular procession Provost quarter day Queen races Rebellion 1745 Riding Robert Chambers Robert Fergusson rowan Royal Burgh saint Scots Scottish sent his lady St Andrews St John's Eve Statistical Account stone Sunday three partriks Three plovers took place town Traditional Wha learns whisky witches young Yule Yule day