When a smithy crafts a copper kettle, what is that called? Here's what I'm trying to find the term for: . . . strands of her hair, like the color of a copper...
A couple of years ago, I stumbled across a historical fact that caught my interest. Robert the Bruce swore fealty to King Edward then back to Scotland several...
My current story is set in Scotland 1304 during the late winter. My issue. I need to move the story back to 1297. My only mention history wise is that King...
Here is a dumb question, but I ask out of economic necessity. If you take a good steel wall hanger and remove the pommel, grip and quilliens generally a welded...
Just curious if women highland & lowland women of the mid 16th century have worn for undergarments??? Would it just have been a smock or would they have worn a...
It's November 30. Happy St. Andrew's Day, everyone! St. Andrew is the patron saint of Scotland, although he never set foot there. There are many possible...
I have ben looking all over (probably in the wrong places) for information about the scottish navy. I've found they did exist, but only for a short period. ...
Hello, Trying to figure out how to make a pair of trew for myself. I am not having any luck and wondering if anyone in this group has made such an item or...
Hello, I'm new to the list and new to being a scotsman. (More used to being a Scot-Irish Pirate.) During the winter I was hoping to start gathering Items for...
Greetings, I am posting this to the SCA Pictish Yahoo group also, so if you belong to both as I do, please be aware they are duplicate messages! I apologize if...
I was curious of the time period clan motto's came about? Since I've only found them documented in English, were they not in Gaelic because they were around in...
Thanks, Matt. The ones I'm looking for (MacGillivray and Menzies)and the websites that are related, seem to only have them in English. My thinking was they...
Greetings. I have read so many sites quoting one thing or another that I think I've generally confused myself. lol Some sites I have come across state that...
Greetings I have a question, during the middle ages the clans travel back and forth and all around what is now Ireland and Scotland (and all the islands in the...
I am having difficulty finding information on the kertch, particularly in our period. Here are the few images I have found, two are from the 1700s and the...
A gentleman from a nearby shire has asked help with the following. ... He adds, in a later email: The name we're actually trying to translate basically means...
Full title: "The True Life of Mary Stuart, Queen of Scots" Amazon link: http://www.amazon.com/Queen-Scots-True-Life-Stuart/dp/0618619178/ Just wondered what...
Very funny brief youtube clip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmy6OaZEAhE Much funnier if you've ever seen the Maori dance the NZ teams does before matches.... ...
For those who have a subscription & might be interested in this sort of thing, I have an article in the new TI about a Scottish Betrothal (that sound you hear...
Medieval Times at Bunratty Castle & Folk Park Medieval Festival to create mayhem and merriment June 30th July 1st 2007 Medieval Warriors will invade Bunratty...
Greetings! Â We're getting a new puppy and after a fairly extensive namer debate... we're still looking. Does anyone have the Scots gaelic word for thunder? ...
What would an old maid, impoverished gentility, in 13th century scotland have worn to a wedding, either her own or someone elses?? in germany it's sometimes...
So wouldn't that be totally cool if they decide this video is real and not swamp gas reflecting off a weather balloon - or whatever.... I've always wondered...
Or maybe an ancestor, but the early accounts definitely go back into period :-). http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_LOCH_NESS_MONSTER (with a link...
ROBERT WISHART, BISHOP OF GLASGOW 1271-1316 According to all I have found, this medieval bishop's dates are as posted above as to his office as bishop. I am...
I'm helping out another writer as their question about Scottish history is past my time frame: "This is their question please. I'm trying to nail down the...
