scotland Archives - British Slang Dictionary

Tartan

Tartan is cloth woven with coloured stripes crossing at right angles to form a repeating pattern, called a sett. It…

Scotch whisky is Britain's single largest food and drink export, worth several billion pounds a year, and it is one…

St Andrew's Day falls on 30 November and is Scotland's national day. Since 2007 it has been a bank holiday…

Orkney and Shetland lie off the northern tip of Scotland — Orkney about ten miles from the mainland, Shetland a…

Loch Ness is a freshwater loch 23 miles long in the Great Glen of the Scottish Highlands. It is very…

Haggis is Scotland's national dish: sheep's heart, liver and lungs minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, salt and a great deal…

The kilt is a knee-length pleated garment of tartan wool, wrapped around the waist and fastened with buckles. It is…

Irn-Bru is a bright orange carbonated soft drink made in Scotland, and it occupies a place in Scottish life somewhere…

Hogmanay is the Scottish celebration of New Year's Eve, and for centuries it was the biggest festival in the Scottish…

Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland and one of the most dramatically sited cities in Europe — built across a…