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By Catherine McKinley “Tartan Pumpkins Anyone?” is the title of an article explaining that Halloween is a Celtic origin holiday. The ancient Celt’s observed the end of Summer & start …
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By Carolyn McDonald Graf This is not the first time this recipe appeared in our newsletter, but I brought these meatballs to Grandfather Mountain Highland Games and many people asked …
By Catherine McKinley The Paris Summer Olympic Games run Friday, July 26th to Sunday, August 11th. To celebrate the achievements of the Scottish athletes, competing on Team Great Britain, this …
By Carolyn McDonald Graf The word “bannock” probably comes from the Gaelic bunnuch or bannach which means morsel and may come from the Latin word for bread panicium. A bannoch …
By Catherine McKinley As the citizens of the United States of America prepare to celebrate the 4th of July, it should be noted that the signers of the Declaration of …
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By Valerie Nieman Not much to look at, these two mounds covered with windblown grass, but they tell of the fate of nations, the death of kings. Beside Iona’s abbey …
By Catherine McKinley Highland Dancing first came about long before recorded history. It is known, though, that this form of dance was started by Scottish Warriors as a way to …
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By Carolyn McDonald Graf Cottage pie, as the name suggests, is a pie of humble origins. Using simple ingredients of vegetables and meat with potatoes as a topping, it is …
By Carolyn McDonald Graf One story goes that in 1526, a man from Yorkshire named William Strickland got two turkeys from an American Indian trader and sold them for tuppence …
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By Catherine McKinley Saint Patrick’s Day was, officially declared in the 1630’s, to be March 17th, the date Patrick passed on in 461 AD. And while the 17th of March …
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