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The Penny Scots was a unit of the Pound Scots, the currency of Scotland until the Acts of Union 1707. The word "penny" ( Scottish Gaelic : peighinn , but see below) was used in Scottish parlance for money generally; for example, a "penny-fee" was an expression for wages, [ 1 ] a "penny-maister" would be a town treasurer, and a "penny-wedding ...
[5] [6] Following the death of her daughter, she founded Leonora Children's Cancer Fund which in 2010 merged with The Edwina Mountbatten Trust, founded in memory of Leonora's great-grandmother. The merged charities were renamed The Edwina Mountbatten and Leonora Children's Foundation on 20 February 2014.
Len Pennie is a poet, Scots language performer and writer, and mental-health advocate. [2] She became known on social media in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland for her "Scots word of the day" and poem (Scots: poyum) videos. [3] [4] [5]
In July 1593 the Parliament of Scotland authorised the minting of a four penny plack with two sceptres crossed and a thistle. [14] This "saltire plack" was the last coin minted in billon alloy. [ 15 ]
Penelope "Penny" Widmore is a fictional character on the ABC television series Lost played by Sonya Walger. Penny is introduced in the last episode of the second season of Lost as the long-lost lover of Desmond Hume as well as the daughter of British tycoon and antagonist Charles Widmore .
James Scott Skinner's gravestone, Allanvale Cemetery. James Scott Skinner (5 August 1843 – 17 March 1927) was a Scottish dancing master, violinist, fiddler and composer.He is considered to be one of the most influential fiddlers in Scottish traditional music, and was known as "the Strathspey King".
Coulter's Candy was recorded by several notable artists during the late American folk music revival, which was concurrent to the second British folk revival.. Robin Hall and Jimmie Macgregor with The Galliards sang it on their 1961 Scottish Choice album, Decca, ACL 1065. [9]
Clan Lockhart is an ancient family from the Scottish Lowlands.. Taking their name from Locard or Lokart in early times, it changed with Symon Locard, 2nd of Lee in 1330.. The Lockharts were a powerful family, and certainly one of the most prominent families in lowland Scotland during the Middle Ages.