In the Scottish borders country, a system of beacon fires were at one time established to warn of incursions by the English.

Warned of the coming invasion by Isabella, Wallace implores the Scottish nobility, who are more concerned with their own welfare, that immediate action is needed to counter the threat and to take back the country.

These styles are known because of the importance of Irish and Scottish people in the English speaking world, especially in the United States, where they had a profound impact on American music, particularly bluegrass and country music.

As of 2011, Canadians who are of Scottish ancestry are the third largest ethnic group in the country and thus Columba's name is to be found attached to Catholic, Anglican and Presbyterian parishes.

" She had bought him a steam yacht, houses in London and in the Leicestershire hunting country, and a Scottish grouse moor.

There are several related dance forms, such as Scottish country dance, Irish dance, American Contra dance, and square dance.

Some choreographed dances such as contra dance, Scottish country dance, and modern Western square dance, are called folk dances, though this is not true in the strictest sense.

The performers were Jimmy Shand and band, Ian Powrie and his band, Scottish country dancers: Dixie Ingram and the Dixie Ingram Dancers, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Ann & Laura Brand, Moira Anderson & Kenneth McKellar.

Until the early 1970s there was large apiary which was well known in the region and has lived on in the Scottish country dance " The Bees of Maggieknockater ".

Category: Scottish country dance

* Ghillies are soft shoes that are used in Irish dance, Scottish country dance, and highland dance.

His own contribution to the reinvention of Scottish culture was enormous, even though his re-creations of the customs of the Highlands were fanciful at times, his extensive travels around his native country, notwithstanding.

Scottish may refer to something of, from, or related to Scotland, a country in northern Europe, part of the United Kingdom since 1707.

During the reign of Rama III ( 1824 – 1851 ,) a Scottish trader had experimental coins struck in England at the king's behest, Though not adopted for use, the name of the country put on these first coins was Muang Thai, not Siam.

From 1795 to 1797, he wrote his only play, The Borderers, a verse tragedy set during the reign of King Henry III of England when Englishmen of the north country were in conflict with Scottish rovers.

By 1997 Scottish and Newcastle claimed that it was the most widely distributed alcoholic product in both pubs and off licences in the country.

Today it is most associated with Irish dance music and Scottish country dance music.

The jig is second in popularity only to the reel in traditional Irish dance ; it is popular but somewhat less common in Scottish country dance music.

Category: Scottish country dance

The English invasion campaign had subdued most of the country by August and, after removing the Stone of Destiny from Scone Abbey and transporting it to Westminster Abbey, Edward convened a parliament at Berwick, where the Scottish nobles paid homage to him as King of England.

Descendants of English or Scottish and natives were historically called ' half-breeds ' or ' country born ' and lived a more agrarian and Protestant lifestyle.

Edward confiscated the Stone of Destiny – the Scottish coronation stoneand brought it to Westminster, deposed Balliol and placed him in the Tower of London, and installed Englishmen to govern the country.

* Scottish country dance: Scottish dances cover a wide range of formations, including many square dances.

Alternative tickets are available for entrance into the Princes Street Gardens concert and Céilidh, where well-known artists perform and ticket holders are invited to participate in traditional Scottish céilidh dancing.

Scottish country dancing at the 2005 Skagit Valley Highland Games in Mount Vernon, Washington

Scottish country dancing ( a social form of dance with three or more couples of dancers ) should not be confused with Scottish highland dance ( a solo form of dance ).

Scottish country dancing is generally danced in organised formations referred to as " sets ".

Unlike cèilidh dancing dancing or English country dancing, which are usually done using walking or running steps, Scottish country dancing uses different steps according to a dance's choreography ( although most people in Scotland use the terms ' cèilidh dancing ' or ' country dancing ' interchangeably, with ' county dancing ' often being taught in schools and later used at ' cèilidh ' events ).

Scottish country dancing was in danger of dying out when, in 1923, the Scottish Country Dance Society ( SCDS ) was founded in Glasgow with the goal of preserving " country dances as danced in Scotland " ( this was only recently changed to read " Scottish country dances ").

As a pursuit, Scottish country dancing is no longer confined to Scotland.

Gay and lesbian Scottish country dancing groups, first being organised in London and now in Manchester and Edinburgh aptly named The Gay Gordons offer same-sex Scottish country dancing, the London group has adopted the use of the terms " leader " and " follower " instead of " man " and " lady " ( terms borrowed from swing dance ).

Scottish country dancing is now recognised as a valuable activity for maintaining health and fitness.

* Grand Chain, the Scottish dance resource – a web site about Scottish dancing, music, bands, events

From those early days, social dancing formed the Society ’ s primary activity, but it was then made up of both ballroom and Scottish country dancing.

A sixsome reel is mentioned in a description of Scottish customs in the early 1820s and eightsome reels ( danced in squares like cotillions ) occur in some dance manuscripts of the era.

For example the same reel Rakish Paddy is notated in 2 / 2 time with an alla breve ( cut time ) Image: mensural proportion1. gif time signature in Miles Krassen, O ' Neill's Music of Ireland, New & Revisited, p. 158, ( 1976 ), whereas in 4 / 4 time in Robin Williamson, English, Welsh, Scottish & Irish Fiddle Tunes, p. 69, ( 1976 ), each measure in both cases spanning the same part of the melody.

Though the reel may have its origins in Scottish country dance and the Highland reel, and perhaps have an even earlier influence from an Irish dance called the Rinnce Fada, it is generally considered to be an English country dance.

* Kate Dalrymple-a Scottish reel sharing the same folk-tune melody as Highland Laddie.

The instrumental parts of the score are based on traditional Scottish, Irish, and English tunes such as " Miri it is ", the strathspey " Robertson's Rant " jig, and " Drowsy Maggie " reel.

The sambur buck, the jungle stag that is even more noble than the Scottish elk.

`` Ring Of Bright Water '' by Gavin Maxwell is just that -- a haunting, warmly personal chronicle of a man, an otter, and a remote cottage in the Scottish West Highlands.

* Atlas is a nickname for Michael Marra, a Scottish musician ( born 1952 )

* 1318 – Berwick-upon-Tweed is captured by the Scottish from England.

* 1858 – The Wernerian Natural History Society, a former Scottish learned society, is wound up.

Abbotsford is a historic house in the region of the Scottish Borders in the south of Scotland, near Melrose, on the south bank of the River Tweed.

The general ground-plan is a parallelogram, with irregular outlines, one side overlooking the Tweed ; and the style is mainly the Scottish Baronial.

Scottish Borders Council is considering an application by a property developer to build a housing estate on the opposite bank of the River Tweed from Abbotsford, to which Historic Scotland and the National Trust for Scotland object.

In Scottish Law, consent is not a defense for assault.

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding is a book by the Scottish empiricist philosopher David Hume, published in 1748.

* 1305 – William Wallace, who led the Scottish resistance against England, is captured by the English near Glasgow and transported to London where he is put on trial and executed.

* 1388 – The Battle of Otterburn, a border skirmish between the Scottish and the English in Northern England, is fought near Otterburn.

Scottish empiricist David Hume made a similar argument, that belief in objective moral truths is unwarranted and to discuss them is meaningless.

Contributions from these ethnic foods have become as common as traditional " American " fares such as hot dogs, hamburgers, beef steak, which are derived from German cuisine, ( chicken-fried steak, for example, is a variation on German schnitzel ), cherry pie, Coca-Cola, milkshakes, fried chicken ( Fried chicken is of Scottish and African influence ) and so on.

* 1904 – The first international rugby league match is played between England and an Other Nationalities team ( Welsh & Scottish players ) in Central Park, Wigan, England.

* 1296 – First War of Scottish Independence: John Balliol's Scots army is defeated by an English army commanded by John de Warenne, 6th Earl of Surrey at the Battle of Dunbar.

* 1951 – The Stone of Scone, the stone upon which Scottish monarchs were traditionally crowned, is found on the site of the altar of Arbroath Abbey.

Areas similar to that of the council area are covered by the Angus Westminster constituency for the UK Parliament and the area is also represented at the Scottish Parliament by both the Angus and North Tayside Holyrood constituencies.

The triforium ( open arcade ) above the door is unique in Scottish medieval architecture.

There is a Scottish Youth Hostels Association hostel in Acheninver, a short distance to the north.

Bundle theory, originated by the 18th century Scottish philosopher David Hume, is the ontological theory about objecthood in which an object consists only of a collection ( bundle ) of properties, relations or tropes.