Scotland’s Well Known (And One Not So Much) World Contributions - Scottish Cultural Organization of the Triangle

By Catherine McKinley

Scotland’s contributions to the world are important and numerous. Some are well known as originating in Scotland, like Golf and Sherlock Holmes.

Some know that Scotland has, also, given us:

**1st Man on the Moon Neil Armstrong** (left a swatch of the Armstrong tartan on the Moon)

**The Rain Coat** by Scottish chemist Charles MacIntosh (which is why it’s called a “Mac.”)

And . . . THE JOGGLING BOARD
History: The owner of a S.C. plantation, Cleland Kinloch, was a widower who invited his widowed sister, Mary Huger, to run the household. She developed rheumatoid arthritis that made it too painful for her to do many activities. Riding in a carriage, outfitted with a rocking chair, was one of the few things she could enjoy. Upon hearing this, the Kinlochs’ relatives in Scotland devised an apparatus that would simulate the movement of a carriage ride and gently “joggle” its occupants, providing a little exercise and joint pain relief. The result: the joggling board. It’s, sometimes, called a “courting board” since the up and down motion will cause 2 people sitting on it to inch closer and closer until they meet in the middle.