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CONTENTS
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Electric Scotland News
Highland Line International (New Advertiser)
The Flag in the Wind
Article Service
The Scottish Nation
Clan and Family Information
Poetry and Stories
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
Book of Scottish Story
Household Encyclopaedia
The History of the Highland Clearances
Arbroath and its Abbey
History of Curling
Transactions of the Highand and Agricultural Society of Scotland
Annals of Garelochside
A Tribute to James (Jamie) D. Scarlett, MBE
ELECTRIC SCOTLAND NEWS
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I went and got myself a new mobile phone, a Sony Ericsson Cybershot.
I do have a mobile and carry it with me everywhere but really only
use it for emergencies and so it's usually switched off. I happened
to see a mention of this camera phone on a segment on CNN where they
were saying you can now get a 5 Mega pixel camera with a mobile
phone.
So my thinking went like this... if I go somewhere where I know I'll
take pictures I take my big camera with me. But when I don't think
I'm going to take pictures I leave it behind. And when I do leave it
behind it's amazing how many times you see something and wish you
had your camera with you. Well now I can have my camera as I always
have my mobile and so with both being in one it's an excellent
solution :-)
You can get a 2 Gbyte card to put in the phone giving you loads of
space and you can also take videos as well. So all in all I'm
actually very pleased with this purchase.
This was also a week where I at last bit the bullet and purchased
some plants to go around two sides of my house. Have got one side
all planted and hope to have the second side done later tomorrow.
For those that are interested I got 4 hydrangea bushes to go on
either side of my two sets of steps up to the house and then got
ground hugging greenery Jcee Juniper, Jap Garden Juniper, and some
heather plants. I also got some enhanced red mulch as ground cover
to keep down the weeds.
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I thought I'd mention the MacIntyre Gathering in Scotland as I've
been responsible for adding the information to the site which is
often added weekly. For those interested in organising Clan
Gatherings you might like to read through all the various forms and
informational documents that have been added as Marty MacIntyre has
really done an outstanding job of organisation as well as organising
many local tours and other activities.
The Gathering is on July 17 – 20, 2008 at Taynuilt, Scotland near
Glennoe. In actual fact you could probably join in even if you are
not a member of the MacIntyre clan :-)
They are keen that local MacIntyres join in and indeed many local
MacIntyre's in the UK are going. A lot of folk are coming from the
USA but there are others coming from Australia, Canada, Italy,
France, South Africa and New Zealand.
You can see this section at
http://www.electricscotland.com/webclans/m/macintyre/2008.htm
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New UK legislation is threatening the practice of traditional dances
involving swords and sticks. The Violent Crime Reduction Bill
recognises and exempts historical re-enactment and sporting activity
involving swords from the provisions of the bill, but there is no
such exemption for traditional dance, some of which have been using
props such as swords and sticks for hundreds of years. These dances
are forms of art that are of great historical and cultural
relevance. Banning the use of swords will inevitably cause them to
die out. It is crucial that they are preserved and allowed to
continue.
Please show your support and sign the petition to get dance included
so that we can continue preserving the beautiful art of sword dance.
Whether you are a dancer or not, your support is needed!
We desperately need more signatures! (Please note you must be a UK
Citizen to sign the petition)
Here is the link:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/dancers
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I also wanted to say that I've added a new search engine on our
books page. I've personally used this search engine a great deal
when looking for antiquarian and second hand books and so it's as
much for me as for you :-) You can try out the new search engine at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/ on the right side of the
page.
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Also I added a new search for best prices on hotel rooms anywhere in
the world. It actually searches all the big reservation sites so
easy to use and saves you searching lots of sites. You can find this
under our Desktop section under our Services page at
http://www.electricscotland.com/services/index.htm
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I must say I'm getting quite concerned about email. I am getting
more emails and phone calls telling me that emails to me are being
returned as "not able to deliver" and this applies both to my
electricscotland and gmail addresses. Some folk are using
alternative email addresses they have to get in touch. In fact I'm
now saying flat out that email is no longer reliable. What we can do
about it is another story of course and right now I have no idea
what we can do.
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Aois Community Arcade Games can now be reached directly without
going into the Aois community but you still need to be signed in
should you want to record your high scores. The web link is
http://www.scotchat.org/vbull/arcade.php?
While I mention this we've also put all games into categories. The
reason is that if a certain category becomes real popular then we
can look for more games in that category. Also there are some new
games in the misc. games category and if any of you play them you
might drop me a note to suggest what category they should be placed
in :-)
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Slight hiccup on the move to Michigan... looks like we'll need to
put it back 1 week to 27th June. Also sorry about not getting the
site search engine up... Steve has had a bit more than he thought to
get organised for the move.
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do
check out the site for the full versions. You can always find the
link in our "What's New" section at the link at the top of this
newsletter or on our site menu.
Highland Line International
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Welcome to our new advertiser, Highland Line International and here
is what Alan has to say about his company....
In the summer of 2005, I was wandering through the grounds of Cawdor
Castle near Nairn in Scotland, when I saw the laird's flag flying
majestically atop the castle ramparts. It filled me with an
overwhelming sense of pride. Wanting to bring back a piece of my
heritage, I searched various souvenir shops in Inverness, trying to
find my clan flag. Disappointed, I realized such a symbolic
representation of my ancestors could not be found.
Over the next year, and after much research, I concluded that flags
for clan members did not exist, at least not in the way I had
envisioned. There were flags with crests, and flags with thistles,
but there weren't any that incorporated the tartan of the clan with
the crest.
So, I set out to create a memento of my heritage, something I would
be proud to display at any occasion or venue. What better way to
remember our forefathers than to create a flag that reminds us of
their courage and resolve? I wanted something my children would be
proud to show their friends, a representation of their history and a
reminder of where they came from.
I wanted to create a quality product, a fitting legacy to a proud
and ancient culture. Our products are made to exacting standards and
come in a variety of styles and sizes. Each Highland Line flag
incorporates either the ancient or modern tartan of the clan and its
respective crest.
Highland Line flags are intended for indoor or outdoor use. The
flags are made to the highest standards from 70 denier high tenacity
'bright' nylon. All flags go through a rigorous process where the
colours are locked in for long time use and are double stitched at
the edges for added strength. Flags are made from many materials but
we chose nylon for its light weight, durability and ability to meet
our exacting colour standards. It will dry quickly after a rain and
needs minimal maintenance when used outdoors.
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And so there you have an introduction to our newest advertiser with
a unique product. There are three different types of flags which you
can select and will be suitable for clan tents, flying over your
home or hanging up in your home or office. So do explore his web
site and see what you think :-)
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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This weeks Flag is compiled by Ian Goldie and he's mentioned the
Oliver Brown Award lunch in which this year the award went to Harry
Reid, former editor of The Herald newspaper. In The Herald, Harry
still writes a weekly column, which I always enjoy because of his
independence of thought.
In Peter's cultural section I noticed an interesting couple of
quotes...
John Chamberlayne (1668/9-1723)
The diet of the Scots is agreeable to their estates and qualities.
No people eat better, or have greater varieties of flesh, fish, wild
and tame fowl, than the Scots nobility and gentry in their own
country, where they can furnish their tables with ten dishes cheaper
than the English can provide three of the same kinds; and of their
wines, the French themselves did not before the Union drink better,
and at very easy rates. The tradesmen, farmers and common people are
not excessive devourers of flesh, as men of the same rank are in
England. Milk-meats and oatmeal, several ways prepared, and kale and
roots dressed in several manners, is the constant diet of the poor
people (for roast-meat is seldom had but on gaudy-days); and with
this kind of food they enjoy a better state of health than their
more southern neighbours, who fare higher.
Magnae Britanniae Notitie: Or the Present State of Great-Britain
With divers Remarks 1718)
James Halliday
Feeding the rising population on a traditional diet of oatmeal,
cheese and meat was an increasing problem, as output of these items
could not keep place with the growth of numbers. One solution had
been found in the humble but remarkable potato. In 1743 the
Improvers had urged their members to increase production of this
plant, which could produce a far greater volume of food per acre
than any other crop. One of the early converts to the idea of
potato-growing was the chief of Clanranald, who returned from a
visit to Ireland in 1743, enthusiastically committed to potato
growing. By 1800 potatoes provided 80 per cent or so of the diet of
the Highlanders.
(The Highland Tragedy – Scotland - A Concise History 1990)
And you can now purchase a Scots Independent T-Shirt, Scottish Flags
and books at
http://www.scotsindependent.org/shopping_mall.htm
You can read the Flag, listen to the Scots Language, enjoy the Scots
Wit and lots more at
http://www.scotsindependent.org
Christina McKelvie MSP's weekly diary for this week can be found at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/mckelvie/080529.htm
The Article Service
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Couple of nice wee articles in this week along with an interesting
recipe :-)
http://www.electricscotland.com/article
The Scottish Nation
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My thanks to Lora for transcribing these volumes for us.
We are onto the P's with Park, Pasley, Paterson, Paton, Patrick,
Peden, Pennecuik, Penney and Perry .
I note in the Paterson page that...
PATERSON, a family of this name at one period possessed the estate
of Bannockburn, Stirlingshire, and also a baronetcy of Nova Scotia,
conferred in 1686, but which has been long extinct. In 1745, Sir
Hugh Paterson of Bannockburn, baronet, joined the rebellion. His
mother, Lady Jean Erskine, was sister of the Earl of Mar, a strong
Jacobite connection, and Prince Charles Edward slept at Bannockburn
house on the 14th September of that year. Bannockburn house was also
the prince’s head-quarters during January 1746. Sir Hugh’s
grand-daughter is said to have been privately married to the prince,
but she released him to promote the Stuart cause. Another Miss
Paterson, belonging to a respectable family at Baltimore, made, in
the present century, an equally romantic match, having married
Prince Jerome, brother of Napoleon I.; but was obliged to separate
from her husband by a dynastic divorce.
Under the Pasley name we find...
PASLEY, the surname of a Dumfries-shire family, several members of
which have distinguished themselves in the service of their country,
James Pasley, Esq. of Craig and Burn, near Langholm, who died April
13, 1772, at the age of 78, left six sons and four daughters. His
wife was Magdalene, daughter of Robert Elliot, Esq. of Middlemiln,
Roxburghshire, and grand-daughter of Sir Gilbert Elliot of Stobs,
baronet.
The fifth son, Admiral Sir Thomas Pasley, born March 2, 1734,
commanded a division of the fleet under Earl Howe, in the memorable
defeat of the French fleet, June 1, 1794, and greatly distinguished
himself. For his gallant conduct on the occasion, he was created a
baronet of the United Kingdom, Sept. 1, of that year, with
remainder, having no sons, to the heirs male of his daughters
successively. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas Heywood, Esq. of
the Nunnery, Isle of Man, one of His Majesty’s deemsters for that
island, and had two daughters, the elder of whom, Maria, married, in
1800, John Sabine, Esq., of the grenadier guards, and had an only
son, who succeeded his grandfather. Sir Thomas died Nov. 29, 1808.
You can read these entries at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/p.htm
Clan and Family Information
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Clan MacIntyre have posted up their Spring newsletter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/macintyre/index.htm
Clan Ross Association of Canada Newsletter came in this week and can
be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/newsletters/ross/newsletter7draft.pdf
Clan Kincaid have a new web site at
http://www.clan-kincaid.org
Poetry and Stories
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Donna has sent in more chapters for her story called "Chief" which
you can read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/america/donna/chief/index.htm
Another doggerel from John Henderson called Roon A Reek-Free Ingle
which you can read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerel264.htm
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
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The first volume I am dealing with is the one on Aberdeenshire.
There are some 85 parishes in this volume and a write up on each.
This week have added...
Parish of Keig
Keig occupies the north-east portion of the valley of Alford, here
shut in by part of the Benachie range on the north, and the Menaway
hills on the east, closing in upon the river Don, which intersects
the parish. It is bounded on the north by the parishes of Leslie and
Premnay, partly along the southern slope, and partly along the ridge
of the hills; on the east, by Oyne, down the south side of Benachie
to the Don, and by Monymusk up the north end, and along the lap and
lower ridge of Menaway, leaving its summit about half a mile to the
east; on the south, it is bounded by Tough; on the west, by Alford
as far as the Don, and then by Tullynessle, until it joins Leslie at
the north-west angle.
Antiquities.-There are many Druidical circles in the neighbourhood,
and two in the parish. One of them, in a wood on the Cothiemuir
hill, within the grounds, and about half a mile north of Castle
Forbes, seems originally to have consisted of eleven upright stones,
mostly about seven feet high, and except two on the south side
placed 15 feet apart, forming a circle of 25 yards in diame-ter. The
two towards the south are somewhat pyramidal, about 9½ feet high, 3
feet wide, and 20 inches thick at the base, and only 15 feet
asunder, the space between them being occupied by a horizontal
subcylindrical mass of stone upwards of 5 feet in diameter, and 13½
feet in length, lying on the west side of the circle. Of these
upright stones the two principal ones last mentioned, and three of
the others, remain standing,—two are lying on the ground, and the
other four are broken. In the middle of the circle is a quantity of
loose stones, and near the centre a slab of 4 or 5 feet square,
covering a small pit open on the south side. The other circle, which
is more imperfect, is situated in a belt of wood, a quarter of a
mile north-west of the farm-steading of Old Keig. It is about 66
feet in diameter, and in the circumference of the circle there are
two upright stones, 9 feet above ground, with an immense stone lying
between them about 16 feet long, 6 feet high, and 5 broad at one
end, and differing from the other in being flat on the top, of a
quadrangular form, and placed on the south side of the circle. This
could be no rocking-stone, and has evidently been used as a stone of
sacrifice, there being now no altar stone in the centre of the
circle, if it had ever been. These rude circles were places of
worship, and generally of the circular form, because it was an
emblem of eternity.
They were either erected on eminences, that the Druids might see the
heavenly bodies, or in groves, because it was deemed unlawful to
build temples to the gods, or to worship them within walls or under
roofs. [Tacitus de Morib. Germanorum, c. 9.] The rude upright stones
by which they were formed were representations of Celtic deities, [Phurnutus
de Nat. Deorum, c. 16.] and particularly the square stone, which
implies solidity, stability, and the power of God. [Maximus Tyrius,
Serm. 38. Pausanias in Acbaicis, Plin. 1. 14, c. 8. Clemen. Alex.
Stromat. lib. i.] As these rude obelisks were the first description
of images in the world, [Themistius, Orat. xv. Clem. Alexand.
Stromat. lib. i.] they were worshipped by the Druids, and
appropriately enough formed a part of the temple in their idolatrous
system. The large stone, 3 feet diameter, and 13½ feet long, which
lies between two of these upright stones in the circle, on the
Cothiemuir hill, resembles much the rocking-stone, being now
inverted, with its base uppermost, which was so rounded that it
might move in a groove, and differs in its nature from the stones of
that locality.
You can read more of this quite large account at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/keig.htm
On the index page of this volume you can see a list of the 85
parishes and also a map at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/volume12.htm
Book of Scottish Story
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Our thanks to John Henderson for sending this in for us.
This week have added...
"The Resurrection Men" and here is how it starts...
About this time* there arose a great sough and surmise that some
loons were playing false with the kirkyard, howking up the bodies
from their damp graves, and hurling them away to the college. Words
canna describe the fear, and the dool, and the misery it caused. All
flocked to the kirk yett; and the friends of the newly buried stood
by the mools, which were yet dark, and the brown, newly—cast divots,
that had not yet ta’en root, looking with mournful faces, to descry
any tokens of sinking in.
I’ll never forget it. I was standing by when three young lads took
shools, and, lifting up the truff, proceeded to howk down to the
coffin, wherein they had laid the gray hairs of their mother. They
looked wild and bewildered like, and the glance of their een was
like that of folk out of a mad—house ; and none dared in the world
to have spoken to them. They didna even speak to ane anither; but
wrought on wi’ a great hurry till the spades struck on the
coffin-lid—which was broken. The dead-claithes were there huddled a’
thegither in a nook, but the dead was gane. I took haud o’ Willie
Walker’s arm, and looked down. There was a cauld sweat all ower me
;—losh me! but I was terribly frighted and eerie. Three mair graves
were opened, and a’ just alike, save and except that of a wee
unkirstened wean. which was aff bodily, coffin and a’.
There was a burst of righteous indignation throughout the parish;
nor without reason. Tell me that doctors and graduates maun hae the
dead ; but tell it not to Mansie Wauch, that our hearts maun be
trampled in the mire of scorn, and our best feelings laughed at, in
order that a bruise may be properly plaistered up, or a sair head
cured. Verily, the remedy is waur than the disease.
You can read the rest of this story at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/story/story52.htm
The other stories can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/story/index.htm
Household Encyclopaedia
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Got up another four pages this week which contained...
Carbon Printing, Carborundum, Carbro Process, Cardan Shaft,
Cardboard, Cardigan Jacket, Cardinal Flower, Cardoon, Cards, Cards
Playing, Card Table, Card Tricks for Home Amusement, Card Tricks,
Caries: In the Teeth, Carminative, Carmine and Carnation.
You can read these at
http://www.electricscotland.com/household/c.htm
Should you wish you can check out previous pages at
http://www.electricscotland.com/household/
The History of the Highland Clearances
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By Alexander MacKenzie (1914)
This week we've added...
Buteshire
Arran
Perthshire
Rannoch
Breadalbane
Notable Dicta
The Rev. Dr. Maclachlan
A Highland Sheriff
Here is how the chapter on Ranoch starts...
Regarding the state of matters in this district a correspondent
writes us as follows :—I am very glad to learn that you are soon to
publish a new edition of your "Highland Clearances." You have done
good work already in rousing the conscience of the public against
the conduct of certain landlords in the Highlands, who long ere now
should have been held up to public scorn and execration, as the best
means of deterring others from pursuing a policy which has been so
fatal to the best interests of our beloved land. . . . And now, if I
am not too late, I should like to direct your attention to a few
authenticated facts connected with two districts in the Highlands,
that I am familiar with, and which facts you may utilise, though I
shall merely give notes.
In 1851 the population of the district known as the quoad sacra
parish of Rannoch numbered altogether 1800; at the census of 1881 it
was below 900. Even in 1851 it was not nearly what it was earlier.
Why this constant decrease? Several no doubt left the district
voluntarily; but the great bulk of those who left were evicted.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/clearances/38.htm
The other chapters can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/clearances/index.htm
Arbroath and its Abbey
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By David Miller
We have now completed this book by adding...
Chapter XII - The Abbots of Arbroath
1. Influence and incidental Advantages of Monasteries in early
times. 2. Scottish Ecclesiastics at and previous to the foundation
of the Abbey. 3. Biographical Sketch of the Abbots of Arbroath, from
1178 to 1606. 4. Causes of the Dissolution of the Abbey.
Chapter XIII - Description of the Conventual Buildings
Form of the Church, Towers, Divisions, Columns, Roofs, Doors,
Windows: Dimensions of Buildings: External and Internal Appearance
of Church: Remaining Statues: Conventual Seals: Bell Rock.
APPENDIX.
No. I.—Note
On the Decay of Feudal Power and Emancipation of the Rural
Inhabitants of Scotland.
No. II.—Sketch
Of the Life and Times of JAMES MELVILLE, Minister St Vigeans, during
the period from 1560 to 1600, being a supplement to the Sketch of
the Abbots of Arbroath.
No. III.—Selections
From the Records of the Magistrates and Council of Arbroath,
illustrative of the Manners and Customs of the Inhabitants about the
time of the Reformation.
Appendix II starts...
Of the Life and Times of JAMES MELVILLE, Minister St Vigeans, during
the period from 1560 to 1600, being a supplement to the Sketch of
the Abbots of Arbroath.
As this minister was for many years the only ecclesiastic of note in
the district of Arbroath, after the fall of the monastery and the
dispersion of its inmates, and as he was contemporary with, and took
a prominent part in, the greatest moral and religious revolution
which this country has witnessed, a sketch of his life, and of his
connection with the ecclesiastical occurrences of that stirring
period, forms substantially a continuation of the religious history
of Arbroath during the forty years which elapsed from the
Reformation till the end of the sixteenth century. The following
remarks on the transition from Romish priests to ministers, readers
and teachers in the reformed church, will illustrate an obscure
point in the history of the time, and explain some circumstances
alluded to in these pages.
The question must have occurred to attentive readers of the history
of Scotland in the sixteenth century:-
What became of all the Popish priests after the Reformation? It has
been calculated, upon what appear to be fair data, that at that
period the whole number of parish priests, monks, nuns, and
preaching friars would amount at least to about two thousand; and,
with the exception of the bishops and greater abbots, this body of
ecclesiastics falls at the era in question as completely into
oblivion, so far as our ordinary histories are concerned, as if they
had then ceased to exist. A few of them, such as Walter Miln of
Lunan, Dean Forrest of Dollar, and Knox, became famed as martyrs for
the Protestant faith, or as successful reformers ; and a small
number of monks and nuns were allowed to remain during their
declining years in some of the monasteries, upon their conforming to
the reformed religion. Thus, in 1562, £240 Scots of the rental of
the Abbey of Newbottle in Mid-Lothian were set apart for the
maintenance of six recanted monks. But the united numbers of both
these classes were but a small proportion of the Scottish
ecclesiastics of the time; and the state of the country was not such
as to admit of their being readily absorbed into other professions,
for which, indeed, from age and habit they would be generally
unfitted.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/arbroath/chapter15.htm
The other chapters can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/arbroath/
History of Curling
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By John Kerr (1890)
Added another chapter this week...
Chapter IV. Ancient curling societies
PART II. - MODERN CURLING.
Chapter I. The transition period - 1800-1838
Chapter II. The Victorian era - Royal Caledonian Curling Club
Chapter III. Curling Furth of Scotland
Here is a bit from Chapter 3...
THE introduction of curling into
countries furth of Scotland has always been the work of Scotsmen.
While other nationalities have readily taken up the game, its
progress has also chiefly depended on Scotsmen. At one place in
Switzerland, 6000 feet above sea-level, curling, we believe, has
been introduced. But we hear of no club having been formed in that
country ; and where no club is formed, curling never seems to
succeed. It is only by tracing the various clubs which have been
formed that we can give the history of the game furth of Scotland.
This chapter will therefore be found to be mainly an account of
foreign clubs. Without any expectation of permanent results, the
channel-stone has been abroad on one or two holiday expeditions. In
the Paris International Exhibition of 1867 a pair of curling-stones,
made of fine porphyry, appeared in the department set apart for
games of sport and amusement. They were sent there by William
Chambers of Glenormiston, who was then Lord Provost of Edinburgh,
and were set in a glass case with this explanation:—
Pierres à Jouer sur la Glace
("Curling-stones.")
"Faites de porphvre de Gleuormiston, clans le comte de Peebles en
Ecosse, la propriete de I'houorable William Chambers, Lord Provost
d'Edimbourg.
"On emploie ces pierres au jeu Ecossais national qu'on appelIe
curling, on on les fait alisser sur la ;lace vers un but, en
cherchant a les faire arriver le plus pros de ce but qu'il est
possible."
The stones were presented to the Emperor Napoleon III. at the close
of the Exhibition, but where they are now we cannot say. Who knows
but that Prince Bismarck may have annexed theirs along with Alsace
and Lorraine, and that they may yet turn up somewhere in the Low
Country, to prove that curling not only originated there, but was
played with the most advanced style of implements? This fanciful
appearance certainly did not have any practical result in France,
and when the Comtesse de la Gasparin, in translating one of "John
Strathesk's" stories, rendered curling club into club des barbicrs,
she no doubt did full justice to the French idea of the game.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/curling/chapter7.htm
You can read the other chapters at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/curling/index.htm
Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
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Have added The Feeding and Management of Dairy Cows and here is how
it starts...
Of recent years dairy farming has come greatly to the front, and
everything pertaining to a cow is of much importance to a large
section of the farming community. Dairymen are popularly supposed by
their arable brethren to be, in many cases, making their fortunes;
but, as the amount of these fortunes depends very much on the cost
of feeding and economical management of the stock, the lessening of
the outlay is always to be aimed at quite as much as the increasing
of the income, and very often offers greater opportunities for
improvement; and so a few notes on the subject may not be without
interest.
These matters have been so often discussed at dairy conferences and
elsewhere, however, and there has been so much written about them,
that it will be well-nigh impossible to present anything fresh; so,
therefore, it is only proposed in this paper to give the principal
points connected with the working and feeding of a dairy of cows,
with some few comments thereon.
It will suit our purpose to divide dairy stock into two kinds—(a)
those kept for the supply of milk during summer only, which milk is
afterwards manufactured into cheese or butter; (b) and those kept
for an equal supply all the year round, especially for town
consumption. It is manifest that, at some periods of the year at
least, the style of feeding and management must be different for the
two kinds.
You can read this account at
http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/page73.htm
Other accounts can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/
And this now completes the articles from these issues of the
Transactions.
Annals of Garelochside
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By W. C. Maughan (1897)
Have added...
Chapter II
The Lennox and Colquhoun Families. Henry Bell and Robert Napier
Chapter III
Parochial Records; Church Minutes; John M'Leod Campbell
Here is how Chapter II starts...
HAVING thus endeavoured to give a general outline of that portion of
the county of Dunbarton which is more especially the subject of this
volume, it will be well to mention some details regarding the
ancient family of Lennox, to whose representatives at one time the
whole of Row and Cardross belonged. The name was originally Leven-ach,
a Gaelic term signifying the "field of the Leven." In the plural,
Levenachs, was the name given to the extensive possessions of the
Earls of the district between the river Leven and the Gareloch, and,
in process of time, became shortened into Lennox. It is believed
that the founder of the family was Arkyll, a Saxon baron of
Northumberland, who also owned large estates in Yorkshire, and who
rebelled against William the Conqueror. Along with many other Saxon
barons in 1070, he fled to Scotland and received from Malcolm
Canmore a large tract of land in the counties of Dunbarton and
Stirling. Arkyll married for his second wife a Scottish lady, whose
son Alwyn was understood to have been first Earl of Lennox, and to
have died in 1160. His son Alwyn being very ycung when his father
died, the Earl of Huntington, the brother of William the Lion, was
appointed guardian of Alwyn for a long period. His son Aulay got
Faslanc, at the upper end of the Gareloch, for his patrimony, and he
gave to the monastery of Paisley "the church of Rosneath with all
its just pertinents in pure and perpetual alms, the charter having
been confirmed to Maldouin, Earl of Lennox, his brother, and by King
Alexander II. on 12th March, in the twelfth year of his reign. He
also made a donation to that monastery of a salt pit in Rosneath,
and of wood for repairs. He also gave to it all the tracts of nets
through the whole of Gareloch for catching salmon, and other fish,
reserving to himself and to his heirs every fourth salmon taken
through these tracts." Maldouin, third Earl, succeeded his father in
1225, and was one of the guarantees on the part of King Alexander
III. when the differences between him and Henry III. of England were
arranged in 1237. Up to this time the castle of Dunbarton had been
the principal messuage of the Earls of Lennox, but, after 1238, when
he received a new charter of the earldom, neither the castle,
territory, and harbour adjacent remained in the Lennox family. Ever
since, the castle has been a royal fortress, and the town of
Dunbarton was, in 1222, erected into a free royal burgh with
extensive privileges.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/garelochside/chapter2.htm
The other chapters can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/garelochside/index.htm
A Tribute to James (Jamie) D. Scarlett, MBE
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Frank shaw has done a memorial tribute to Jamie Scarlett who died
this week. He was the premier person where tartan was concerned.
You can read this at
http://www.electricscotland.com/familytree/frank/jamie_scarlett.htm
And that's it for now and hope you all have an enjoyable weekend :-)
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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