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...says that the Stone had been brought from Ireland and was originally one of the stones upon which Jacob had rested his head (Genesis 28:18) when he dreamed of Israel. Scots call it Lia Fail (Stone of Destiny), but geologists insist that it is an ordinary piece of Scottish sandstone (worth about...
Kalimpong's main social center is the Himalayan Hotel, operated by the Mac-Donalds, a jovial Scottish-Tibetan family, who organize Saturday night parties liberally spiced with unusual conversation and hot millet beer. On one recent occasion, in the dining room, a Buddhist Englishwoman thought that she recognized another woman guest. "I beg your pardon," she said, "but haven't we met in a previous incarnation?" "Yes," was the reply, "I believe we have. I was Joan of Arc and you were my brother." The Englishwoman drew herself up haughtily. 'Certainly not," she snapped, "I have never...
When the Federal Government stepped in twelve years ago to salvage his foundering Dollar Steamship Lines, President R. (for Robert) Stanley Dollar was grateful for the chance to abandon ship. His famed globe-girdling shipping line, founded in 1901 by his canny Scottish father, Captain Robert Dollar, was crusted with the barnacles of mismanagement, and carried a top-heavy load of holding companies...
...Black Watch (so called from its somber Scottish tartan and original duties as a Highland guard) was first organized as a regiment in 1739. Families of three counties (Perth, Angus, Fife) supplied most of the first recruits, have continued to do so ever since, making the Black Watch "in truth a family, with ... ancestors and descendants." For 200 years the infantrymen of the Watch marched to war in kilts; with the coming of World War II they were ordered-to prevent identification-into common khaki uniforms. "But damn it!" roared an enraged Jock on hearing this shocking news, "We want...
...Including the Black Watch of Canada, the Transvaal Scottish, the New South Wales Scottish, the New Zealand Scottish, the Tyneside Scottish...