The Winter Solstice: The World’s Oldest Festival
The World’s Oldest Festival occurs at the Winter Solstice. The ancient ones were hunters and spent...
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Category: Christmas and Yule
Cailleach Nollich : The Burning of the Old Woman of Winter
The Cailleach Nollich or the Yeel Carlin is Scotland’s version of the Yule Log. This centuries old...
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Christmas in Scotland through the Ages
Did you know that once upon a time, Christmas was banned in Scotland- by the Kirk? And that...
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Yuletide Greenery
Dismantling the Yuletide greenery was an important event on Uphalieday, Twelfth Night or what is...
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The Yules, Trows and a big helping of Superstition- The Old Festive Season in Scotland’s Northern Isles
The Yules was the old festive celebration in Orkney and Shetland derived from the old Norse...
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Are the Scots a Nation of Pyromaniacs? Midwinter Fire Festivals in Scotland
I am convinced that the Scots are a nation of pyromaniacs. I used to work in a laboratory...
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