Tag: Scotland

  • The Legend of “Stingy Jack”

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    Ever wonder how the Jack-O-Lantern tradition originated. History.com provides the answer: People have been making jack-o’-lanterns at Halloween for centuries. The practice originated from an Irish myth about a man nicknamed “Stingy Jack.” According to the story, Stingy Jack invited the Devil to have a drink with him. True to his name, Stingy Jack didn’t want…

  • Writer sought to gather Dumfries and Galloway folklore

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    From BBC News, South Sotland: A writer is being sought to gather and retell folklore, myths, legends and tales about Dumfries and Galloway. The initiative is being organised by the Wigtown Book Festival with funding from Fresh Start for the Arts. It has been loosely inspired by John Mactaggart’s work of 1876, the Scottish Gallovidian…

  • Whisky and Poetry Salon

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    It doesn’t get better than this! In November 2012, Kim Ohanneson & Karolyn Kiisel of Literary Libations, and Johnnie “theScot” Mundell, “ambassador” for Morrison-Bowmore Scotch, inaugurated the Whisky & Poetry Salon at the B Black Penthouse in DTLA (downtown Los Angeles). Our goal has been to trade guests “whisky for their words”, to create an intimate literary and poetic…

  • Community Ownership at top of Organic Farms’ Agenda

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    News of community buy-outs in Scotland has become more common in recent years, as land from Assynt to Eigg and Knoydart to Gigha and South Uist has been taken into local ownership with the help of the Scottish Government in a bid to give control of the land to the people who live on it.…