Did you know that ...The name "Tattoo" has an interesting origin. By tradition, the soldiers told to return to their residential areas every night drum beats, hotory sounded like "Tattoo".The name "clan" means "family" and the great clans and XVI centuries XVT1 deystvi¬telno were as large family controlled powerful nachalnika¬mi. Time between different clans battle took place, but nowadays McDonald MakKsnzi and Campbell all live in peace with one another. Many people in Scotland are named MacDonald or McKenzie. "Poppy" means "son of someone" and people with this name usually feel their pri¬nadlezhnost to one family or clan. Similar names of the boys - it An¬gus, or Donald Duncan, and the names of the girls, it Morag, Fiona or Jean. National clothes Scot - a kilt, which is actually no¬syat men. This skirt with lots of wrinkles. Wear Plaid (razno¬tsvetnye cells), traditionally in Scotland. In fact tartan worn as a long piece of cloth thrown over his shoulder at the beginning of the XVII century became popular kilt.January 25 is celebrated Scots around the world as a birthday Ro¬berta Bsrisa. The festival is called as "Burns Night". During festiva¬lya music playing bagpipes, traditional clothing is worn and eaten traditsi¬onnaya Scottish food. People also read poems of his favorite poet. Many Scottish people still use some Scottish slo¬va when speak -English. For example, "vi" means small, at the same time as "Ladd vie" - a little boy. "Bonnie loess" is krasi¬vaya girl and "Beirne," this little baby. If someone answers your questions with "ai" he agree with you, because "ai" means "yes" Scottish musical instrument - a fife and bagpipes.In remote parts of Scotland are still alive old people who speak Gaelic.In Plaid has four old university: St. Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Edinburgh and four modern.In the eighteenth century the river Clyde, which flows in the center of Glasgow, was vse¬go only a foot wide, but was rich in salmon.It is assumed that the Scottish race - the most boastful race in the world. Golf - a Scottish national sport.Climate and wildlife in Scotland Climate Scotland mild and humid in the heat of the moment and a little cool and less humid in the east. Warm Atlantic current softness in winter on a hill west coast are very heavy snowfall. Despite the general British trees such as oak, ash and elm, soft wet weather, especially in the western approach to the coniferous trees such as spruce and larch. Silver birch trees grow on the hills, while on the drier eastern growing Scots pine.
