SCOTLANDTess Pauwels

Anneleen Reynders

WHO ARE THESE FAMOUS SCOTS?

WILLIAM WALLACE (PLAYED BY MEL GIBSON)

SEAN CONNERY

AMY MACDONALD

CONTENT

geographyGlasgowEdinburghlanguagesymbolsCelebrationsHistoryfood

GLASGOW

• Industrial cultural

• Glasgow Cathedral

• Glasgow Park

GlasgowCathedral

Glasgow Park

EDINBURGH

‘ATHENS OF THE NORTH’

DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

English“Scottish Gaelic”Scottish

LANGUAGES

• English• Scottish Gaelic• Scottish:

• a bonnie lass (a pretty girl)• a wee dram (whisky you have to drink in one go)• a’m no comin (instead of ‘I’m not coming’)

NAMES

Last names: MacDonald, Mackenzie, Campbell, Cameron

Boys’ names: Angus, Donald, Duncan

Girls’ names: Morag, Jean, Fiona

SYMBOLS

THISTLE

LOCH NESS

LOCH NESS

KILT

CELEBRATIONS

MILITARY TATTOO

• Edinburgh Castle• Name origin

BURNS’ NIGHT

• Robert Burns

(1759-1796)• 25th of January• Auld Lang Syne

(cfr. Hogmanay)• Also: Burns’ Supper

HOGMANAY

• ‘For auld lang syne’• 31th of December• Superstition

HISTORY

2nd century AD – 410 Hadrian’s Wall:

northern border Britannia

9th century Vikings settle in north

and west of Scotland 1328: Scotland is

independent kingdom 1603: Scotland and

England are united

HISTORY

1707: Act of Union Joins parliament of Scotland, England and Wales

1746: Celtic way of life was destroyed in the Highlands own weapons, language, own clothes forbidden

Nowadays: limited autonomy

FOOD

Haggis Traditional Scottish

dish Weighty sausage Ingredients: sheep’s

heart, liver and lungs minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices and salt, mixed with stock and traditionally boiled in the animal’s stomach for several hours

FOOD

Porridge Dish made by boiling oats or other cereal meals in

water, milk or both