In the United Kingdom, dialects, word use and accents vary not only between England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, but also within them.

There is also a collection of her fungi paintings at the Perth Museum and Art Gallery in Perth, Scotland donated by Charles McIntosh.

Stories of banshees were also prevalent in the West Highlands of Scotland.

The film generated huge interest in Scotland and in Scottish history, not only around the world, but also in Scotland itself.

Fans come from all over the world to see the places in Scotland where William Wallace fought for Scottish freedom, and also to the places in Scotland and Ireland to see the locations used in the film.

The last of these also contained some oral material and by the end of the 18th century this was becoming increasingly common, with collections including John Ritson's, The Bishopric Garland ( 1784 ), which paralleled the work of figures like Robert Burns and Walter Scott in Scotland.

Caithness, Sutherland and the Northern Isles have the densest concentrations, but there are also a great many examples in the west of Scotland and the Hebrides.

This would also account for the fact that Clan MacKinnon is amongst the ancient clans of Scotland.

The Scottish Episcopal Church and Church of Scotland also have parishes dedicated to him.

Two paintings ( both dated 1565 ) by Pieter Bruegel the Elder depict Dutch peasants curling — Scotland and the Low Countries had strong trading and cultural links during this period, which is also evident in the history of golf.

The game was ( and still is, in Scotland and Scottish-settled regions like southern New Zealand ) also known as " the roaring game " because of the sound the stones make while traveling over the pebble ( droplets of water applied to the playing surface ).

In his fictional historical essay " The Hyborian Age ", Howard describes how the people of Atlantis — the land where his character King Kull originated — had to move east after a great cataclysm changed the face of the world and sank their island, settling where Ireland and Scotland would eventually be located, Thus they are ( in Howard's work ) the ancestors of the Irish and Scottish ( the Celtic Gaels ) and not the Picts, the other ancestor of modern Scots who also appear in Howard's work.

The myth that his " father was thought to have been a Church of Scotland minister " is also discounted.

In Scotland, their medieval and post-medieval use is also documented into the early 18th century.

In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.

* The Cobbler, a mountain located near the head of Loch Long in Scotland, also known as " Ben Arthur "

Victorian historians often referred to the tribe as the Damnonii, which is also the name of another Celtic people from lowland Scotland, although there are no known links between the two populations.

The theory came to the fore in England under the reign of James I of England ( 1603 – 1625, also known as James VI of Scotland 1567 – 1625 ).

Capital Radio Scotland and Real Radio Scotland also have transmitters in Edinburgh.

Along with the UK national radio stations, Radio Scotland and the Gaelic language service BBC Radio nan Gàidheal is also broadcast, despite few speakers residing in the city.

The Scotland national rugby union team plays at Murrayfield Stadium, which is owned by the Scottish Rugby Union and is also used as a venue for other events, including music concerts.

Unlike other civil wars in England, which focused on who ruled, this war also concerned itself with the manner of governing the three kingdoms of England, Scotland, and Ireland.

* 1990 – Gruinard Island, Scotland, is officially declared free of the anthrax disease after 48 years of quarantine.

* 1649 – The claimant King Charles II of England and Scotland is declared King of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Scotland.

After defeating, but not subjugating, the Kingdom of Scotland, he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1338, starting what would be known as the Hundred Years ' War.

Meanwhile, James IV of Scotland ( despite being Henry's other brother-in-law ), activated his alliance with the French and declared war on England.

* The lambda was selected as a symbol by the Gay Activists Alliance of New York in 1970, and declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1974.

Respondents were able to write in an affiliation not covered by the checklist of common religions, and a total of 42, 262 people from England, Scotland and Wales declared themselves to be Pagans by this method.

* February 5 – In Edinburgh, Scotland claimant King Charles II of England is declared King in his absence.

However, the 1964 resolution had not actually contained such a statement ; it had only declared bourbon to be a distinctive product identifiable with the United States ( in a similar way that Scotch is considered identifiable with Scotland ).

After a successful campaign in Scotland in 1333, he declared himself rightful heir to the French throne in 1337, starting what would become known as the Hundred Years ' War.

The Parliament or Estates of Scotland took similar action, and William and Mary were declared monarchs of all three realms.

* The Bill of Rights ( 1689 ; England ) declared that Englishmen, as embodied by Parliament, possess certain civil and political rights ; the Claim of Right ( 1689 ; Scotland ) was similar but distinct.

Oliver Cromwell, Captain-General of the forces of England, Scotland and Ireland, shall be, and is hereby declared to be, Lord Protector of the Commonwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland, and the dominions thereto belonging, for his life.

Darnley's father, Matthew Earl of Lennox, had been declared guilty of treason in Scotland for his part in the war of the Rough Wooing, siding with the English as an opponent of Mary of Guise and Regent Arran, and his Scottish estates were forfeited in 1545.

To make this possible, since Nova Scotia was far distant, the King declared that sasine could be taken either in Nova Scotia or, alternatively, " at the castle of Edinburgh as the most eminent and principal place of Scotland.

Philip provided refuge for David II of Scotland in 1334 and declared himself champion of his interests, which enraged Edward.

It is interesting that Brian is not referred to in the passage from the ' Book of Armagh ' as the ' Ard Ri ' — that is, High-King — but rather he is declared " Imperator Scottorum ," or " Emperor of the Irish " (" Scottorum " then being the common Late Latin term for the Irish: Ireland was usually referred to in Latin as " Scotia Major " while Scotland was referred to as " Scotia Minor ").

" Back in December of 1974, the lambda was officially declared the international symbol for gay and lesbian rights by the International Gay Rights Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland.

Scotland was against Cromwell's " Commonwealth " ( Republic ) and declared Charles I's son king at Edinburgh as King Charles II, but Cromwell and the New Model Army defeated him ( 1650 ) and he fled to France where he stayed until 1660.

In the months that followed, the Parliament of Scotland declared the extensive Douglas lands forfeit and permanently annexed them to the crown, along with many other lands, finances and castles.

On October 5, 2004 HMCS Chicoutimi ( SSK 879 ), sailing from Faslane Naval Base, Scotland to Nova Scotia declared an emergency north-west of Ireland following a fire on board.

Ernest Augustus's wife, Sophia of the Palatinate, was declared heiress of the throne of Great Britain ( then England and Scotland ) by the Act of Settlement of 1701, which decreed Roman Catholics could not accede to the throne.

Whetham was a friend of General Monck in Scotland who had the best forces in Britain at his disposal and who had declared himself for parliament in October.