1. Scotland
By: Chase Ellis

2. Scottish Culture
In Scotland, they used to wear kilts, the kilt is a form of formal attire. The kilt died off, but has made it’s return. If you were to take a trip to Scotland you would see men wearing kilts. Kilts are about as formal as a man’s tuxedo or suit.
Food and drink are supposedly “The heart of Scotland” and, according to Scotland.org, even that is an understatement. When you think of Scottish food, you might immediately think of haggis. Haggis is also very popular there and has made it’s way over to other countries, such as the USA, Canada, Australia, and Japan. Haggis is made of sheep organs, such as, the heart, liver, and intestines. In Scotland they also make, believe it or not, sushi, and a thing called oatcakes. Oatcakes are literally oatmeal moistened and cooked over a stove.

3. Scottish Languages
The languages they speak in Scotland are Scots, English, and Scottish Gaelic. Scots has been spoken for many centuries, since about 600 AD, almost 1,400 years ago.
Scottish Gaelic is commonly referred to as Gaelic. Gaelic is a Celtic language and descended from old Irish. In 2011, 1.1% of Scotland (age 3 and older) spoke Gaelic, which is about 57,375 people in Scotland.
English is also a widely used language in Scotland, since about the 17th century. When English is used in Scotland, they speak a lot like the British do, but with a Scottish accent.

4. Scotland’s origin
Scotland was founded or “born” around 10,000 BC, in the palaeolithic Era, or the Stone Age. Up until now they have been steadily growing and become a larger, stronger nation. Vikings arrived in Scotland around 800 AD. Around 1450 The renaissance came to be in Scotland. Clans started to grow and become more popular around the 19th century, some clans may include MacGregor, or MacFarlane, those are the more popular clans. There are also the Crawford and Galloway clans. Scottish culture started to spread around the 1990’s.
Scotland is usually mistaken for Ireland, because they have similar traditions, languages, and origins, although they are almost completely different. Scotland is where Haggis and Kilts come from, while Ireland is where folklore came from.

5. The Geography of Scotland
Scotland is known for it’s rural highlands and barren lowlands, as well as largely inhabited cities to uninhabited lands. Scotland is also know for their mines. They have an abundance of coal, iron, and zinc. Scotland is also known for what they call lochs, lochs are freshwater bodies in Scotland’s land.
Scotland’s only land border is with England
while the rest of Scotland is surrounded by
water. Because Scotland is mainly surrounded
by water they would most likely have islands,
and they do. Many Scottish countries and cities
end in “Shire” such as Lanarkshire (18), Wigtonshire (33)
and Kinross-shire (16).

6. Reference page Scotland links Scottish history:
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Scotland’s geography:
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