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  2. Culture of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scotland is the "Home of Golf", and is well known for its courses. As well as its world-famous Highland Games (athletic competitions), it is also the home of curling, and shinty, a stick game similar to Ireland's hurling. Scotland has 4 professional ice hockey teams that compete in the Elite Ice Hockey League. Scottish cricket is a minority game.

  3. Category:Scottish traditions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Scottish traditions" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B. Burning of the Clavie;

  4. Category:Culture of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Scottish traditions (7 C, 9 P) V. Visual and material culture of Scotland (17 P) W. Obsolete Scottish units of measurement (22 P) Works by Scottish people (17 C, 1 P)

  5. Gaelic folk music - Wikipedia

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    The six Celtic nationalities are divided into two musical groups, Gaelic and Brythonic, [1] which according to Alan Stivell differentiate "mostly by the extended range (sometimes more than two octaves) of Irish and Scottish melodies and the closed range of Breton and Welsh melodies (often reduced to a half-octave), and by the frequent use of the pure pentatonic scale in Gaelic music".

  6. Culture of Scotland in the High Middle Ages - Wikipedia

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    The continentalisation of the Scottish monarchy and Anglicisation of the later medieval Scottish elite meant that Gaelic manuscripts would never be preserved in Scotland. Thomas Owen Clancy has recently all but proven that the Lebor Bretnach , the so-called "Irish Nennius," was written in Scotland, and probably at the monastery in Abernethy.

  7. Saining - Wikipedia

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    Saining is a common practice in more modern traditions based on Scottish folklore, such as blessing and protecting children and other family members. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] While many of the surviving saining prayers and charms are Christian in nature, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] other traditional pieces that focus on the spirits and powers of nature are used as part of ...

  8. Scottish folk music - Wikipedia

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    Scottish folk music (also Scottish traditional music) is a genre of folk music that uses forms that are identified as part of the Scottish musical tradition. There is evidence that there was a flourishing culture of popular music in Scotland during the late Middle Ages, but the only song with a melody to survive from this period is the "Pleugh ...

  9. Christmas in Scotland - Wikipedia

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    Christmas Day was made a public holiday in 1958 [12] in Scotland, Boxing Day only in 1974. [13] The New Year's Eve festivity, Hogmanay, was by far the largest celebration in Scotland. The giftgiving, public holidays and feasting associated with mid-winter were traditionally held between 11 December and 6 January.