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Celtic Market Crosses
Originally published July 2007. Celtic Market Crosses Victorian writers often assumed that stone market crosses in many villages...
Scottish Cave Dwellers
Scottish Cave Dwellers “In August 1866, along with two friends, I visited the great cave at the south...
The Legendary Scot’s March
Originally Published May 2007. The Legendary Scot’s March This article was something I wrote along with Jeff Nordin...
Early Irish Farming
Originally published April 2007. Early Irish Farming Evidence of agriculture in Ireland starts appearing about 4000 BC. It...
Scots/Russians in 1914 Britain
Scots/Russians in 1914 Britain There’s a curious bit of urban legend that in September and August of 1914...
Settlement of Ireland
Originally publish February 2007. Settlement of Ireland It was about 11 thousand years ago that the last Ice...
Scottish Christmas Traditions
Scottish Christmas Traditions Just a few tidbits on holiday traditions. Christmas Eve was often seen as a good...
A Scottish Columbus?
Originally Published March 2007. A Scottish Columbus? In reading trivia book about Scotland I recently ran across a...
The Veil Between Worlds
The Veil Between Worlds I recently ran across an interesting series of Twitter posts from back in October...
“Discovering” the Celts
Originally Published October 2006. “Discovering” the Celts Although in modern terms most people think of Scotland and Ireland...