Suggested Reading

[REALMACTAVISH]

IN THE MIDDLE OF THE LAST CENTURY SCOTTISH PATRIOTS "STOLE" "THE ANCIENT STONE OF SCONE" FROM UNDER THE CORANATION CHAIR IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY WHERE THE ENGLISH HAD PUT IT. THE STONE(PRONOUNCED STANE O' SCOON) WAS ON WHICH ANCIENT SCOTTISH KINGS WERE CROWNED . THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SCOTS CROWNING STONE BEING UNDER THE THRONE WHERE ENGLISH MONARCHS WERE CROWNED WAS GROSS. THE PATRIOTS STOLE IT BACK AND TRANSPORTED IT TO SCOTLAND THROUGH A BLIZZARD AND DRAGNET. THERE IS MUCH MORE TO THE STORY AND IT IS FACT WRITTEN IN NOVEL FORM.
THE BOOK IS CALLED "TAKING OF THE STONE OF DESTINY" BY IAN HAMILTON. IT AN EDGE OF THE CHAIR READ. INCIDENTALLY ONE OF THE CONSPIRITORS IS HUGH MACDIARMID WHO WAS A GAELIC POET AND FRIEND OF THE CLAN MACTAVISH IN ARGYLL.(THE LAST INFO IS FROM HIS GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER SHIELAGH MACDIARMID - FRIEND OF THE SEANACHIE)

IF PEOPLE DONT KNOW......THE STONE IS NOW SAFELY IN EDINBURGH CASTLE BUT SCOTLAND OWES A GREAT DEBT TO THAT WEE BAND OF PATRIOTS.

[cathy]

Well I can be very impulsive...................I just logged on to Amazon.com and purchased the only book available.....used, the book is out of print, and I spent too much money on it! But I am so entralled by the tale!

Thanks REALMACTAVISH
Cathy

[REALMACTAVISH]

i promise itll be worth every penny andwe do have a link to it through hugh macdiarmid. perhaps others will take it on from you. personally ive read it thrice and cant put it down! every scot wherever in the world should read it. well done fast cat1 PERHAPS FAST CAT2 COULD READ IT TOO

[cathy]

Well Fast Cat2.....where have you been these days?????

[REALMACTAVISH]

YES FAST CAT2 WHERE ARE YOU? ARE TIMES GETTING TOO EXCITING FOR YOUR BUZZKILL ATTITUDE; WE NEED YOUR IRONY AND WIT
ALSO; WHERE IS FASTCAT 3- MISTY, WE MEN NEED YOU PRETTY GIRLS TO GIVE THE FORUM OOMPH!

[Truth Seeker]

TAKING OF THE STONE OF DESTINY" BY IAN HAMILTON [/b]

Mine's on order! :D

T.S.

[REALMACTAVISH]

GOOD FOR YOU SWEETIE

[packer71]

GOOD FOR YOU SWEETIE
[/b]

FastCat2 here. Sorry to be so long in getting back to the forum. I'm sure you don't want to hear my excuses and whining about why I was away. :lol:

I would love to read this book! Perhaps during "winter break" at school, as I am attending the University part time and working full time.

HEY! I have an idea! Perhaps the kind contributors to the forum could help me! I have to give a prepared speech in a week. I have to pick a country; I'm sure I could choose Scotland. My presentation needs to be focused on what would be of interest to BUSINESS people who are communicating with someone from your country/culture/ethnic group. As I complete my research, I should consider those things that people would need to know in order to effectively conduct BUSINESS.

Are there any websites, comments, etc that the locals of Scotland (and the folks that have great knowledge of the locals) can give me? Any help would be MOST appreciated!

packer71

[rhona]

Sorry Packer---but these are state secrets youre asking of us----we need to protect things like the Sacred Order of the Haggi against ruthless multi-national corporations like Monsanto who would seek to replicate or worse---genetically modify and exploit us all!
Why dont you just take a sabbatical and come over on a fact finding mission in person------it'll be much more enlightening-----think Local Hero-( one of my fave film btw)-----you might even meet our own Real Mac!

[rhona]

One other thing my friend---The most important myth to dispel is the unfair reputation Scots have for being tight with their cash and awfy dour-faced!!!
Actually--we're just careful with money and too damp to smile!
Here some good web-sites you could try----

www.scottish-enterprise.com/aboutscotland

www.scotland.gov.uk

www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

---and best of luck with your speech----they say it helps if you can imagine your audience naked !

[packer71]

Sorry Packer---but these are state secrets youre asking of us----we need to protect things like the Sacred Order of the Haggi against ruthless multi-national corporations like Monsanto who would seek to replicate or worse---genetically modify and exploit us all!
Why dont you just take a sabbatical and come over on a fact finding mission in person------it'll be much more enlightening-----think Local Hero-( one of my fave film btw)-----you might even meet our own Real Mac!
[/b]

Thanks Rhona. I was wondering how I could genetically modify and clone REALMACTAVISH. I've got some bullies he needs to take care of. :lol:

I'd love to visit on a fact finding mission, but sadly the speech is due on the 9th of October. Besides, I don't speak the language??? My Scottish accent sounds more like a pirate. AARGH.

packer71




One other thing my friend---The most important myth to dispel is the unfair reputation Scots have for being tight with their cash and awfy dour-faced!!!
Actually--we're just careful with money and too damp to smile!
Here some good web-sites you could try----

www.scottish-enterprise.com/aboutscotland

www.scotland.gov.uk

www.geo.ed.ac.uk/home/scotland/scotland.html

www.historic-scotland.gov.uk

---and best of luck with your speech----they say it helps if you can imagine your audience naked !
[/b]

Thank you very much! I will start researching these. Glad you didn't say for me to be naked. They would all leave the room. :D

Seriously, I hadn't realized you chaps were tight with a dollar. Now I know where I get it from!!!

packer71

[migovie]

och well theres a few old sayings will make more with you now
like...
"och ...hes tighter than a fishes freckle" ( with money of course)
" to send a scotsman mad you put him in a round room and tell him his money is in the corner"
" copper wire was invented by 2 scotsman grabbing for a fallen coin "
" hes so scots he has a taste for champagne but a pocket for beer "
" a scots trait is long pockets and short arms"
BUT putting all the jokes aside .......
my dad was 6 months from death and the 'solo " mum next door had blown up the motor in her car and was distraught...so my dad bought her a new motor ,, asked her 12 year old son to help him put it in...just to show the boy what could be done by anyone able to turn a spanner rather than pay a man $50 an hour to do what any man or woman is capable of doing .
my dad gave her the motor out of friendship and good will and gave her son a lesson in life still not forgotten
SO THE SCOTS STEREOTYPE IS A GOOD CHUCKLE BUT ONLY A THREAD OF TRUTH IN REALITY
....but my dad had a couple of good old sayings....
" a fool and his money are easily parted"
"leave the cents to sit and the dollars will follow"

[rhona]

These sayings of your dad's are very old,but still well-used familiar chants here--especially the" fool and his money"---while the cents and dollars reminds me of--" MONY A MIKLE MAKS A MUCKLE"--(many little things can make something great!!!)----
Maybe that should be our Thamaisac motto????
That reminds me of some suggested reading-----Theres a great wee novel called "A mickle a muckle a malt and the moon" by an old friend of mine Bill Smith --(name-dropping now --sorry)--it's a wonderful picture of Scotland rising up to the challenges of the 21st century in characteristic style!

[cathy]

Hey Truth Seeker, I see the book Rhona has recommended for $45 on Amazon, can you find it cheaper??
Cathy

[Misty]

YES FAST CAT2 WHERE ARE YOU? ARE TIMES GETTING TOO EXCITING FOR YOUR BUZZKILL ATTITUDE; WE NEED YOUR IRONY AND WIT
ALSO; WHERE IS FASTCAT 3- MISTY, WE MEN NEED YOU PRETTY GIRLS TO GIVE THE FORUM OOMPH!
[/b]

I'm here! I'm here! Sorry MacT I've been busy lately.

Cathy if you got the last book about "Taking of the Stone of Destiny" from Amazon.com where am I going to find it? Truth Seeker you said you got your copy, can you tell me where so I can get one too? I would really like to read it.

Seems I read the Stone was stolen from England a while back and they made the Scots give it back, but the Scots gave back a different Stone and the English didn't know the difference. Am I remembering right?

Has anyone read the "Legend of the Celtic Stone" by Michael Phillips? It's an excellent read. I think I bought it from a bookseller at one of the Highland Games I've attended.

Misty

[Graeme]

unfair reputation Scots have for being tight with their cash and awfy dour-faced!!!
[/b]

Well now, I come from the thrifty city of Aberdeen, and I am blackafronted by the insinuation that I am not careful with my pennies and that I am a cheery soul. I revel in saving money or even better getting something for nothing. Much as it goes against the grain I'll give you a couple of free tips. I wrote it for somewhere else hence the Doric but I'm not translating it for you. :lol:

1 ? Bide in a tap flair flat. Ye?ll save mebbe ?500 a year in heatin bills because a the heat rises fae the flats aneath ye and ye?ll nae need yer biler on sae much. Forget yer landline and get a mobile fae 3. ?5 a month fir a the calls ye?ll ever mak wi that daft Nokia 7600. Jist mind tae send in yer redemption certificates. Rake through skips fir auld furniture and stuff tae furnish yer flat. Fowk chuck oot perfectly guid stuff jist because they dinna like it ony mair. I?ve foon wonderful bits o Victorian furniture free for the takin.

2 ? Nivver buy a new motor. Dealers are aye takin in auld cars in part exchange an they hiv tae pay aboot ?100 tae get rid o them. Hae a look, pick a car ye fancy an offer tae tak it aff their hauns for a tenner. They?ll aye agree because it saves them ?90. An fan the MOT rins oot, unless there?s nae a lot o wark needed on it, scrap it yersel and get back tae the dealer fir anither ane. Ae time I got an auld diesel Astra that lasted me twa years. Cost me ?50. An wi these cars third party insurance diz ye fine. If onybidy crashes inta ye it dizna matter.

3 - Brew yer ain beer a hunner pints at a time. The cost o the ingredients is jist ?10 ? an that?s saving ye ?2 a pint on pub prices. It?s fresher, nicer tae drink and mair potent as weel.

4 ? Luxembourg has the cheapest cigarettes on this side o Europe. If ye ging there three times a year an come back wi yer legal limits o 3200 per person (and ?pass? ony surplus on tae yer pals) it warks oot at aboot ?1.50 fir twenty fir yer ain. Cross Channel operators are offering grand deals like ?1 as a foot passenger. 3200 fags are affa easy tae cairry. It?s hitchhikeable.

5 - Ging tae Egypt fir yer holidays. Explorers are offering a week in Sharm el Sheik fir only ?130 bed an breakfast wi the option o learnin tae dive fir ?125. The braw thing aboot Sinai is that there?s nithin tae buy there except cheap sarks, breeks an hoosehold linen. An I mean cheap. So ye can replenish that wardrobe ye foon in the skip.

6 ? Visit Sainsburys on Monday morning. That?s fan a their weekend leftower bargains are pit oot on display. Jist mind tae eat it a afore the use by date. An fan ye get oot o the shop ging tae the recycling bins and pick up the Sunday papers that ither fowk hiv finished wi.

7 ? Sell a yer auld junk on ebay. People there?ll buy ony auld s****. Jist mak sure ye sell stuff that?s nae broken. If yer honest wi yer descriptions ye?ll sell it. I aye offer tae pay the postage as weel. Jist howk yer price up a few quid.

8 - Buy a laptop computer equipped wi wifi. Noo ye dinna need to pay fir internet access. There's an affa lot o fowk wi their wireless networks left open fir abidy tae use. Jist doonload Netstumbler and Boingo (baith free) and drive aroon until ye find a signal. Last time I wiz in Aiberdeen I foon dozens o them. Estates are best because there's mair chance o findin a guid selection an because there's mair parked cars aboot ye've less chance o lookin suspicious fan ye're lurkin there. That's ?25 a month saved.

9 ? Ye micht say that this a very weel bit it taks up a lot o yer time. Weel this is is beauty o it. Get a job as a pairt time security guard. Ye get a the same benefits as a fu time warker wid bit ye pay less tax, NI etc, an ye get a free uniform an sheen so ye dinna hae to buy wark claes. An ye get sleep fir maist o the nicht.

If this disna save ye five grand a year I?ll ging oot an find a bunnet an eat it.

Oh aye, an recycle yer teabags.

[rhona]

OMG Graeme!!
Fit ur ye like???___ya loon!
Here am I trying to convince our cousins what lovely generous folk we are----
Well-- I cant walk past a charity shop for love nor money-------- now does that make me extemely tight or extremely charitable in Doricsville?

[Truth Seeker]

Sorry Cathy - the only book I can find mentioned in the posts (except for the one posted by MACTAVISH) is the one posted by Misty - Legend of the Celtic Stone by Michael PHillips.

Yes - paperback for $2.95 plus shipping
Hardcover - $3.18 in Very Good condition or $4.94 is Like New.

Plus shipping, of course.

T.S.

[cathy]

Boy and I thought that when I come to Scotland next fall, I would at least understand the language..........guess not! thanks for the advice Graham (I think!)

Cathy

[Misty]

LOL! Graeme, believe it or not I understood every word you said. :D I love the accent. It's called Doric? I loved your post. :D

Misty

[Beaupre]

HI, EVERYBODY --

Thought I might contribute to the library shelves.

" DAMN' REBEL BITCHES "
The Women of the '45

by Maggie Craig
1997 - Mainstream Publishing Company - Edinburgh

It sells for roughly @ $25 but is well worth the money. It's FACTUAL and historically correct. I might add it's also very fascinating. These women had BALLS, or Lady Crackers as the kiddies back then called them.

It has 25 Chapters about 25 women ranging in age from @ 15 to 85+ ; and really makes you proud of Scottish women. My son read it and when finished remarked that now he understood just what his Scots heritage was all about and was more than proud to have the blood of a Scots in his veins even if it was O neg.!!!!!


Yours Aye - Beaupre

[REALMACTAVISH]

hi all the need to be cloned realmac is back....ive been hardening my targ! bullies .where? im gonna post myself to you fastcat2

[REALMACTAVISH]

UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE???? WE WEST COASTERS CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE EASTCOASTERS AND YOU ABERDONIANS .....NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND!!!!!!! SORRY GRAEME..... SO HOW OUR COLONIAL COUSINS WILL FARE ..WHO CAN TELL. THEY MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ME TOO ... MY FIRST LANGUAGE IS THE GAELIC AND YET I HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH OUTSIDE ARGYLL. WHEREVER I AM PEOPLE THINK I'M IRISH!!!!! PEOPLE THINK ALL SCOTS SPEAK LIKE BILLY CONNELY.NOT TRUE. WE WESTERNERS ARE MUCH SOFTER SPOKEN

[packer71]

UNDERSTAND THE LANGUAGE???? WE WEST COASTERS CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE EASTCOASTERS AND YOU ABERDONIANS .....NO ONE CAN UNDERSTAND!!!!!!! SORRY GRAEME..... SO HOW OUR COLONIAL COUSINS WILL FARE ..WHO CAN TELL. THEY MAY HAVE PROBLEMS WITH ME TOO ... MY FIRST LANGUAGE IS THE GAELIC AND YET I HAVE TO SPEAK ENGLISH OUTSIDE ARGYLL. WHEREVER I AM PEOPLE THINK I'M IRISH!!!!! PEOPLE THINK ALL SCOTS SPEAK LIKE BILLY CONNELY.NOT TRUE. WE WESTERNERS ARE MUCH SOFTER SPOKEN
[/b]


Now you are all confusing me!! :lol: I had no idea there were so many accents! Like I said, everytime I try to imitate the Scottish accent I sound like Blackbeard the Pirate.

And Graeme, I laughed and laughed when I read your post!! I am cheap, but that's beautiful!

packer71

[Graeme]

Well I wouldn't worry about it unduly because they say that the best English in the world is spoken in Inverness and Dores is pretty close to Inverness. So I'm sure you won't have any problems. Mind you it was probably an Invernesian who said that!

There's a new forum just started which covers the North East of Scotland. It's a bit limited in membership at the moment but I have high hopes for it and they speak a mixture of Doric and English there. The genealogy corner is pretty good and there are a fair few photos as well. You'd be more than welcome to join in if you have an interest in Grampian. Ach, you'll even find me there! I reckon they'll be interested in this MacTavish saga too.

http://www.grampianlife.co.uk/Forum/

RealMactavish, the whole world thinks we speak like Billy Connelly. He's changed every Scotsman into a Glaswegian, and you know I don't even find him funny any more. But if I were you I'd be taking elocution lessons to get rid of that Irish accent. :lol:

Finally I don't speak like Blackbeard but I look just like him.

http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/4227/blackbeard21a78afqg9.jpg

[REALMACTAVISH]

Well I wouldn't worry about it unduly because they say that the best English in the world is spoken in Inverness and Dores is pretty close to Inverness. So I'm sure you won't have any problems. Mind you it was probably an Invernesian who said that!

There's a new forum just started which covers the North East of Scotland. It's a bit limited in membership at the moment but I have high hopes for it and they speak a mixture of Doric and English there. The genealogy corner is pretty good and there are a fair few photos as well. You'd be more than welcome to join in if you have an interest in Grampian. Ach, you'll even find me there! I reckon they'll be interested in this MacTavish saga too.

http://www.grampianlife.co.uk/Forum/

RealMactavish, the whole world thinks we speak like Billy Connelly. He's changed every Scotsman into a Glaswegian, and you know I don't even find him funny any more. But if I were you I'd be taking elocution lessons to get rid of that Irish accent. :lol:

Finally I don't speak like Blackbeard but I look just like him.

http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/4227/blackbeard21a78afqg9.jpg
[/b]

[REALMACTAVISH]

accents and location are very confusing graeme. i have friends at pitmeddon who work for shell our tongue is very different. billy connelly is as much an envoy for scotland as rab c nesbit is for govan. he disne make me laugh. much prefer' chewin the fat' team. my own accent ; i shouldnt complain really. i lived in hong kong 13 years/ 4 in co.down/ and3 in berlin and osnabruck . i even lived in florida and n. carolina long term.such is a soldiers life. i wonder if our colonial cousins know our route to scotland and the mixed root on the way. the true scots came from ireland . both scots and picts are celts and they both came from scythia- modern day siberia. that should really confuse everyone. perhaps our diet should be red caggage and vodka not whisky and haggis"

[Graeme]

Indeed that is the case, RealMacTavish. Have you read about the ginger haired mummies from China?
http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/471/1/A...ic-mummies.html (http://uyghuramerican.org/articles/471/1/A-meeting-of-civilisations-The-mystery-of-Chinas-celtic-mummies/A-meeting-of-civilisations-The-mystery-of-Chinas-celtic-mummies.html)

I'm almost all Pictish I reckon with no red hair at all. Or so I thought until my son was born and he has a very slight ginger tint. I blamed his mother until one day I was looking at the hair on my arms through a magnifying glass, don't ask why, and there they were - wee ginger hairs by the hundred!

Here's something I just found out this week and I've not verified it yet but I'm hoping it's correct.

My McMillan ancestors first appeared near Forres in 1853 when Roderick McMillan married Jane Fraser. In the 1881 census he gives his place of birth as the isle of Barra and that was as far as I got.

Then I found this -
"My Family was shifted to Earsary area at time of clearances in 1852, forced (with others) to get a bag of grain (to avoid virtual, if not real starvation) in return to agreeing to go to Canda. He managed to get hold of a boat and escaped with many other familes to the mainland(McMillans and some other families). They stopped by en-route at Tobermory, Mull - where they were grateful for food and clothing (the people of Tobermory documented that they was starved and only had sparse rags to wear).
somehow managed to arrive outside Inverness Town Hall (not the present one - but the one across the road with the steeple, at end of Church Street). Many taken to Inverness Poor House. "

I've written to the bloke who wrote that but I'm still waiting for a reply. Even if it's not my family it's a good story.

[REALMACTAVISH]

hi graeme.i hadnt seen that article but read it with great interest.cheers it doesconfirm allthat ive read. enjoyedthe tale of the macmillans too. keep em coming. realmac

[Graeme]

RealMactavish, could you teach me how to swear in Gaelic please?

http://i10.tinypic.com/2sb9yxk.jpg

[packer71]

So, you look like Blackbeard the Pirate? You are famous! You have what we call in the States...an Action Figure!

http://www.storyboardtoys.com/store/Pirate-Dolls-L.jpg

[Graeme]

It's a long time since anyone used the word 'action' in reference to me.
Here are some more descriptive adjectives used regularly by my wife.
lazy, fat, useless, slothful, workshy, idle, degenerate, flabby, frivolous and irresponsible.
And the noun git (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-git1.htm).

[REALMACTAVISH]

gaelic swear words are really quite moderate but will confide privately when meet. my wife is very young compared tome but her descriptionof me is opposite to yours . hyper/superfit/unable to relax. i quite envy you

[cathy]

hm..............spouses descriptions.............

Mine just calls me jumpy, I think you get the idea!

Cathy

[REALMACTAVISH]

that im sure has nothing to do with the brit reference to jump-y????? that would involve horizontal gymnastics in the bedroom. no. im sure it doesnt you colonials dont do things like that im sure!

[cathy]

Stop that!! Now I am embarrassed! And that does not happen very often, no it means I am hyper, and can not sit still for more than 10 seconds!

:)

Cathy

[REALMACTAVISH]

sorry to embarress you -it adds to your fastcat1 image anyway. hey, perhaps the hyper part is a family trait.

[cathy]

WE colonist's embarrass pretty easy, unless we have had a few at the pub! and if you come from Wisconsin, well, we are known for our partying life style! In fact, the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in a Playboy vote on the top 10 party schools, was taken out of the competition one year a while back as "In the ranks of Amatuer's, Wisconsin is a professional (Party school) and it would not be fair to include them in the rankings!

[packer71]

REAL MACTAVISH...fastcat2 here. Not sure what you mean by horizontal gymnastics. You Brits are way too colloquial (I'm practicing using big words) in your speech. We Yanks prefer to be more banal and insipid.

packer71

[packer71]

It's a long time since anyone used the word 'action' in reference to me.
Here are some more descriptive adjectives used regularly by my wife.
lazy, fat, useless, slothful, workshy, idle, degenerate, flabby, frivolous and irresponsible.
And the noun git (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-git1.htm).
[/b]

Graeme-

GIT in the States is slang for get...as in "Get out of here." So, GIT is defininitely not a noun here. I was wondering what you meant by it.

I'm sure your wife is smiling as she is using those adjectives to describe you. Just tell her you are an action figure in the States, and I'm sure she will be impressed. Just don't show her the picture.

Like my sister, I am a bit on the high-strung side. Family trait?

packer71

[Graeme]

Click here (http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-git1.htm) for the meaning of the word git.

[cathy]

That would be two points for Graeme, and nothing for Packer71.

Nice come back Graeme!

Cathy

[REALMACTAVISH]

DO I REALLY HAVE TO EXPLAIN HORIZONTAL GYMNASTICS FASTCAT2? OK......THE WEE BEE COMES ALONG AND.......ARE YOU WITH ME SO FAR BUZZKILL? TRUE ABOUT BRITS AND DICTION. I WENT TO PUBLIC SCHOOL IN PEEBLES AND THE MASTERS WERE DEMONS. ONE TUTOR ; MR JOHNSON NEVER SAID IT WAS RAINING, HE'D SAY' THE WEATHER'S A TRIFLE INCLEMENT '. SO, YOU SEE WE'RE TAUGHT IT!
WHERE WERE WE.....OH YES.........THE WEE BEE GOES TO THE STAMEN . .........

[cathy]

REALMACTAVISH...............Packer71............

I think I am going to have to separate the two of you! <_< :D

Cathy

[REALMACTAVISH]

seperate us ???never even touched her

[packer71]

Yes, I can vouch for that. Never even touched me.

And Graeme, thanks for the tip on Git. I had no idea it meant THAT. Do you use the term Doofus on that side of the pond? It's similar....

Packer71

[Truth Seeker]

Finally got "TAKING OF THE STONE OF DESTINY" BY IAN HAMILTON :D Had to wait for it to arrive from Dundee!

As soon as I can pry it from my husband's fingers, I will read it! ;)

T.S.

[REALMACTAVISH]

enjoy t s

[Graeme]

Do you use the term Doofus[/b]

Sorry, I've just noticed this question and the answer is no but I do know the word!
There is a place in Moray called Duffus and it's a Scottish surname - I hope there's no connection.
There's also a place called Dallas in Moray from where the Texan city takes its name. And as Jock Ewing sounds a bittie Scottish perhaps we're all mentioned in his will. I would love to be related to JR. Is he real? ;)

[Beaupre]

GOOD MORNING YOU ALL -

Wedding plans for my son, Scott, wwedding are starting to take feverish pitch. NOW is the first chance have had to chat with you all!! It's the Saturday folollowing Thanksgiving (11/25) and can't wait!!

Anyway - here's my contribution to the reading list on the Stone of Scone =


THE TEMPLE AND THE STONE

by Katherine Kurtz and Deborah Turner Harris
by Warner Books, Inc. c.1998
@ 646 PAGES IN PAPERBACK
ISBN 0-446-60723-1

It involves the Knights Templar, Bruce, William Wallis, etc. The story line is exciting and exceptionally well written. Enjoy it with a tot-o-Single Malt!!!

BEAUPRE

[rhona]

sounds like a great read Beaupre------and thanks for the malt idea---Ive a dreadful cold just now so a wee hot toddie might just do the trick!
All the very Best for your son's wedding---but can you tell us ---will he be a "true scotsman" on the day????
Its ok we dont require photographic evidence!
have fun tho'

[Beaupre]

Hi, Rhona!

Scott will be a Scotsman - but knowing the high-jinx of his groomsmen, he probably will go American style.

For some reason his bride to be is not too happy with kilts, so she'll probably have a heart attack when all these guests walk in wearing them! Otherwise, she's a grand girl and suitable in all ways.

Single malt is like Bayer Aspirin - it takes care of just about ANY indisposition! Straight up it readily stops coughs, hiccups, chest congestion, etc.

With tea it's a MARVELOUS cure for the flu, chest colds, head colds (inhale the vapors!!) body aches and pains and sometimes even aches of the soul!! It's also quite a good antiseptic on cuts and wounds!!!

My favorite single malt is 'LAGAVULIN" and its price is not prohibitive!

My father had a recipe for cordial = take a fifth of Lagavuline, add one to one and a half cups of sugar, then add frresh or frozen bluberries or s trawberries, raspberries, etc. Let stand in a cool, dark place for two weeks, STIRRING, NOT SHAKING, once a day . The blueberries seemed to work best and gave a smooooooth cordial whose finish whopped you in t he bum!

But it very effectively soothed upchucking tummies and diahreah !

It's surprising how well these "folk remedies" work; some better than prescriptions!.

Slainte!!! Beaupre