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SAINT ANDREW'S DAY, ALSO CALLED THE FEAST OF SAINT ANDREW, IS CELEBRATED
ON 30 NOVEMBER IN HONOUR OF ST ANDREW, THE PATRON SAINT OF SCOTLAND.
THE FLAG CAN BE SEEN FLYING IN THE CROWDS OF INTERNATIONAL SPORTING EVENTS, ON
CHURCHES AND ON NATIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICES
How do Scotts celebrate this Day?
DRESS IN TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH COSTUMES: MEN TRADITIONALLY WEAR A KILT WHOSE
DESIGN AND COLOUR REPRESENTS THEIR CLAN ( THEIR FAMILY HERITAGE). WOMEN WEAR
A KILT OR A NICE DRESS WITH TARTAN DETAILS
ENJOY SCOTTISH FOOD AND DRINK
WHEN YOU THINK OF SCOTTISH CUISINE, HAGGIS SPRINGS TO MIND. ONE OF OUR MOST
TRADITIONAL AND FAMOUS DISHES IS HAGGIS, NEEPS AND TATTIES, WHICH IS MADE UP
OF HAGGIS, NEEPS (TURNIPS) AND TATTIES (POTATOES) AND IS USUALLY SERVED WITH A
DRAM (OR TWO) OF SCOTCH WHISKY.
ADULTS DRINK WHISKEY, WHICH IS SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL DRINK.
Scottish Tablet is one of Scotland’s best treats, although many don’t know what it is
Participate in a ceilidh
IT IS A PARTY WITH SINGING AND DANCING TO SCOTTISH OR IRISH TRADITIONAL MUSIC.
’O FLOWER OF SCOTLAND’ IS ONE OF THE COUNTRY’S MOST POPULAR ANTHEMS
O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your likes again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against them,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent them homeward,
Tae think again.
The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against them,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent them homeward,
Tae think again.