Come and experience Scotland anytime. Beautiful scenery, good fresh air, welcoming and friendly people, weather a wee bit unreliable most days.😅 I'm Scottish and live in Scotland, probably a wee bit biased.
You are no biased at all laddie. As a Scot; I am extremely proud of my country, our banished Royal Family, and our prowess. Though as a young lad of 15, my father emigrated to Australia, much against the protestation of my mother and I, it broke my heart the day the ship pulled away from the dock at Tilbury. From then on (1961) I yearned to return to back to Scotland, but in order to honour the wishes of my father and my mother's father (Grandpa) I remained in Australia much against my wishes. I married 51 years ago to a Scottish girl who was never keen to return. However; she honoured my wishes to go back to my beloved Highlands and told me to go back for Three weeks. Twelve months later, I came back to Australia and to World War III. Two years later, when I asked the wife if it were OK if I went back to Scotland, she said OK but asked the question: "How long are you going back for" I said: "THREE WEEKS" My wife responded: I Seem to have heard that before"! However; three weeks it was that I was back for. There were tears in my eyne when I left home again; never to return. Regardless of how often I pleaded with my wife to return back home, I got a negative answer. There is an old saying: "YOU CAN TAKE THE LAD OUT OF SCOTLAND, BUT YOU WILL NEVER TAKE SCOTLAND OUT OF THE LAD!! ALBA GU BRAGH!!!!!
@@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko Australia seemed so far away all those years ago when you were 15, the opposite side of the world. It doesn't seem so far away nowadays. I've never lived anywhere but here. I'm close to my family, unless we had moved somewhere together, I wouldn't have gone too far. I suppose in your heart there's something always drawing you back to your roots. You don't miss much here anyway, the weather is worse than it was when I was young, I've got a long memory.
As a Scottish lassie - im very proud of my country. We are also known as great storytellers even today. Just walk into any pub and talk to an elderly gentleman x
I'm mainly Irish. My great grandfather came over with his parents when he was 4. We are from the Kennedy clan. But Scotland cannot be beat in beauty! Scotland and Ireland both deserved better and more respect than England ever gave them.
This popped up in my feed, and having Scottish ancestry, I click in. As soon as the bagpipes began to play I had tears in my eyes. I have always loved the bagpipes.
Walked on foot from Pitlochry to Killiecrankie and back to Pitlochry all in 1 day. - took me more than 4 hours to complete, but worth every minute. Best Walk of my Life ! At Killiecrankie stopped for Scottish Oat cake and strong Scot Tea. Best Meal of my Life ❤ I live in the City, and there is nothing like Magnificent Scotland !! Every bit of it Magical ❤❤❤❤
Im born and bred Scot The scenery especially in the west and its islands quite stunning But all of Scotland is not up to this standard The cities are becoming litter strewn and its highways are polluted with rubbish I live in Largs a lovely place in its own right but its not the town I knew 5o years ago And most places have became alike The rubbish stops at Tyndrum people in rural areas value their environment But the towns and cities are becoming scuzzy to say the least So paint a realistic picture not a delusion I love my country the scenery as i said is beyond poetic But the populas areas are not!!!!!!
I have always felt a deep love and yearning for Scotland even though I have never been there. I feel that if I am blessed to ever land upon her shores I would be coming home. Clan Stewart is my clan and I am a Stewart by birth. I feel the pride of my fore fathers swell in my heart for this lovely land. Mary, Queen of the Scots and Robert the Bruce are among my ancestors.
I'm a direct issue from King Robert, through Ralph de Fedarg who became Sir Meldrum of Fyvie Castle!(1213) Sweetheart, us Scots, have always been travellers, innovators and as history says..No matter where you go, a Scot was there FIRST!🤔👍😄 Anyone going against it, are jealous Sassenachs!😅😅And even then, they still want to dress up in Our Tradition Dress, eat our Haggis n recite Rabbie Burns! (Which even the Rusians do on Burns Night! What an accolade eh!) Be proud of your heritage, put visit on your Bucket List. You'll be coming home and not be disappointed!5❤❤❤
I am 67 living on a small island in the Caribbean. My wish is to be able to go your country and stay at least a month. Ĺove your channel. God bless Scotland
I hope that your wish to visit Scotland comes True!! It is a most Beautiful Country and you would be welcomed by the wonderful people here!! Namasté 🙏🕊️💞🌟 Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX...
I spent the better part of a month in Scotland visiting our Family's Castle, the Scottish countryside, large towns and small quaint villages. I am a direct descendant of Gordon Highlanders. When I (we) arrived in Scotland and began touring/exploring, I had an overwhelming feeling that I was finally home; I felt as though I truly belonged there. I identified with the wonderful people and beautiful country; I felt very much at home. It was a spiritual & emotional experience, particularly when we visited our once Family Castle (I am a descendant of Gordon Highlanders & our castle is Huntly Castle); my mother & her sister inherited the castle shortly after The Depression here in America. As they didn't have the money to travel to Scotland to assume possession of the castle, my mom & her sister signed the it over to the Scottish Government. They did a wonderful job restoring it, though some of it is in ruins. My sister, myself, husbands & my 86 year old mother visited the castle (we explored every inch!). There were a lot of tears, joy and spiritual feelings of belonging there. It WAS an amazing day, a moving experience. We met our cousins over there, and they joined in on the Huntly Castle excursion. It was an Amazing day (and me Mum got to see her castle 😊). I've seen other comments here on how people were spiritually moved, felt an overwhelming belonging when they visited Scotland - I totally get that. I too felt like I was at/in a place where I'd been before, especially when I visited small villages where my distant relatives were born and lived. I truly appreciate this video: the folklore and true stories were of great interest. Though I've read & heard it before, it was a great refresher of some of Scotland's history. If you ever have an opportunity to see Scotland, GO! The people ARE wonderful, and the country IS beautiful. I fell madly in love with Scotland. ❤
Bless such a sad time for you mum to give up a beautiful castle. I bet she was heart broken to let it go. The other side to your story is what happened to the Scottish people who depended on the lady of the castle for there lively hood. Their lives could of been totally different if you family managed to get back home. I too have a Scottish connection but sadly don't live there. But I live in Wales which also makes me feel like home like Scotland does.. x
My father said our ancestors came from Scotland. Honoring his request that a bagpipe play at his funeral graveside proved to be the most beautiful and meaningful part to me.
I have a great love for Scotland, as some of my ancestors came from there. I have been there a few times and have loved it every single time! Loved hearing stories from the land of my ancestors!
YOu are one of us laddie , no matter where you were born. The blood of the Gael runs through your veins, as it does through every Scot, except those murdering Campbell of Argyll BASTARDS!
On my mother's side, I am Scottish. Janet Thain, my great-grandmother was born in Rathven, Banffshire. My Great Great Great Grand Mother Elizabeth Dick, married to Donald Sym were born in Perthshire, Scotland. By the time I knew my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Sym was spelled Sim. My dream is to go to both places someday. I don't remember the town or city in Perthshire. When I was a child my mother made two of my sisters and me a skirt and top she said were our PLAID from Perthshire. That was a long time ago, I am now 87 years old as of January 3rd, 2004. 👵🐈⬛🐈⬛, me and my cats Teo and Twotwo
Wow! I feel like I was MEANT to see this video. About 11 years ago I went on a tour at that cemetary. As soon as I entered the gates, I was so overwhelmed with the spirits of what felt like God or angles that I sat down. I told the tour guide that this felt like holy ground and I felt like I couldn't stand up. He asked me if the presence was coming from a certain area of the cemetary. I pointed towards an area that was maybe 30 feet away and he said, "that is where the Martyrs are buried." I have photos of it still and just looked at them. I still felt the same feeling... and I stopped looking at my photos. It wasn't a bad feeling, but it was HEAVY. LIKE SADNESS and holiness all mixed together. I've never felt anything else like it
When I was a little girl, 6 or 7 years old, I often heard the drums and bagpipes played by the high school band very close to my home in America. I would stop whatever I was doing and listen, mesmerized and then begin to weep silently. A decade and a half later, our family visited my aunt, and I was invited into her "Scottish Room". There, on every surface and every wall were maps, documents and photos, during which, she shared stories of our Scottish ancestors. I am truly a lucky woman. My aunt spent 50 years her life, as a genealogist, member of DAR- Daughters of the American Revolution, and Peace Corp volunteer, compiling, visiting world places, and sourcing proof documents, discovering and preserving, our family history. Up until that point, I knew nothing of our family lineage and suddenly it all made sense; my inexplicable, sentimental tears for the music of an ancient homeland I have never been to; for the soil I have yet to touch. I feel certain now, that not just the mind, but the body, remembers its roots, across generations and the centuries before. I have often argued this position, by asking: "Does not an Oak tree know where and when it will grow?", "Does not the tide return each day of the year, and at near precisely the same day and time as the year before?" My entire body tingles when the pipes and bouhdrans play, and the tears still flow. I am coming Scotland. Alba go bragh
The landscape, lakes, and coastline in Scotland are incredible. People are rugged and tough. It is a good place to feel at peace with the world and myself.
Scotland must be made free of the filthy illegal Act of Union which breaks the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, for surely Southern England is cursed and will one day fall and Scotland will rise up in revenge.
I am from South Africa and worked in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow) in 1997 for a few months. My great grandmother came over to South Africa from Scotland. The countryside was beautiful for me and the villages felt like they all were from the movies. Such a rich history
I am an Irwin. We have Scottish and Irish coat of arms. Scottish who moved to Ireland and then to America. One day soon I hope to visit both Scotland and Ireland. So close to each other but different in their own lovely cultures
Scotland, my home, is beautiful, and visitors who respect her are very, very welcome. Sadly, we are inundated now with the kind of visitor nobody wants..... tourists who drop litter, campervanners who leave their rubbish just anywhere and empty their chemical toilets in burns, at the roadside, in private gardens, drivers who break speed limits, drive like maniacs and drink and drive, visitors who tear up rare wild flowers, and damage monuments and geological features.......... we have this kind of visitor in spades. Its so, so sad and I despair for my poor, beautiful home.
I am descended from the MacLeans of Duart (Isle of Mull). You are so right. Tourism has come close to ruining Scotland, especially in the Highlands. I am afraid I can never go back to Scotland because of this sad fact.
@veritas41photo Yes, it's a tragedy, and yet our councils and the Tourist Board are continually promoting more and more and more......... so awful. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
It's in America too sadly. Not sure how those types sleep at night or even think that such behavior is acceptable anywhere, ever. Very creepy and very man unkind VS man kind.
I have dutch irish Choctaw and Cherokee...and ive always been drawn to Scotland and ireland and just the land in general..lol...and omg love listening to old tales always have ..thanks for sharing
As would I! We must have talked this up! I just found out 8 days after making this comment that a trip to Edinburgh next summer is in my future. I could not be more excited! 🤩
@@jodeeps2287 Absolutely, LOL! Another person replied to my comment, about going to Scotland. Let's all go together, & be gawky tourists! Thanks much for your reply! 😉
Please go! It’s amazing. Just got back from there. Blessed to have friend from Yorkshire. Her mother is Scottish. If you need some ideas for places to go please message me! 🏴❤️👍
When visiting Scotland as a child , while hiking on the rob roy trail. I had an almost overwhelming feeling that I had been there before. It’s amazing how strong those feelings can be! In the land of my ancestors.
Though I've never been to Scotland myself my dad's side hails from Closeburn in dumfrieshire. All the way back to the 1100s. Our castle still stands. Someday I wish to take my wife to Scotland. I will be the first in my family in nearly 300 years.
Thank you for the stories! (The dog Bobby reminds me of our famous dog, Hachi, who kept waiting for his late master at the front of Shibuya station for 10 years...)
I wasn't ready for this to end! I've been to Scotland, twice. Once by car with 5 friends, and the second, by guided bus tour with another friend. It's true about the draw of the land & people. I really need to get to Norway, land of my Great-grandparents, in order to quit fantasizing about Scotland!
I wonder where the White horse, Waterhorse stories come from? My Mum is Scottish, ( maternal Myles, Honeyman, paternal Grant) but i was born in Australia, and never been there. Yet i had a recurring dream throughout my childhood of a white horse, with which i was trapped, endlessly struggling for freedom. Until one day we leaped a fence and were free.
I've also had visits from a white horse, and yes, Aussie born. It's odd how the spirit of our ancestors and the land of Scotland carries on in our blood.
I’m American from Ohio with mostly Scottish roots. Similar dreams from ages 3-12 of riding a white horse and trapped until we dive off a high cliff into water and swim away to freedom. (Was never around horses ever.)
I am a Canadian fr the maritimes. My maiden name is Murray and have been told l've Scottish ancestry on both sides l'm very proud of that. I hope to visit Scotland soon ❤.
@@Arianrhod323 Wonderful! So glad to meet you! My line is Isabelle Duff (dau WIlliam Duff 1st Earl Fife) married Alexander MacIntosh of Moray and had 22 children. My 6th great grandmother was one of them. :)
I love Scotland. It's my dream to go there someday... and Ireland... My great grandparents immigrated from Ireland (Dublin)to South Africa, the storytelling from both the Irish and Scottish always have me in awe. The Lockness is fascinating and truly is mysterious.
I am very proud to say I’ve been to Scotland three times… if I had one wish in my life, it would be to live there. I don’t understand it but I always feel what when I’m there, I am home.♥️🙏🏴✨
Scotland is old but yet mystic and majestic and has something for everyone and yet like me she never ages and yet i kiss her ground everytime when i come home to Caledonia
The highlands of Scotland really is Gods country come visit it and see for yourself ,I was born in the heart of the highlands and there's nowhere more beautiful I am proud to be a highlander
Thank you so much for this beautiful video. I will never be able to travel across the pond to any of the beautiful Islands of Scotland or even England or Ireland. So watching a show like this is such a treat.
I have Scottish heritage in my family on my mother's side. This is a place I want to visit one day. It looks so beautiful that I wan to spend as much time in Scotland as I can. My 5th great grandfather came from Scotland and lived the rest of his life in Virginia. My 4th great grandfather was the first Stuart (in my family) to be born in the United States.
Although my ancestors were from scotland & my maiden name was Gordon. I always dreamed of visiting scotland. Even as a young child I loved to hear bagpipes playing Some of my relatives have visited Scotland & 2 of my nephews wore the Gordon plaiid vesr as did all the goomsmen while gettin marrried,, another nephew by marriage woeks for a company that occasionally sends their employees to Scotland for golf.tournments. Everyone comes back saying how beautiful Scotlajnd is.❤
Just discovered that my 9th great grandfather and his sister were leaders of their respective covens from Edinburgh. The other members coven conspirad to assist their escape in order to save the sacred knowledge. My spiritual connection to Scotland is very deep and respectful.
I recently learned of my Scottish ancestry. I have always felt a pull to somewhere in the U.K. i t makes sense now. I love music from Scotland. Canned haggis, whiskey, wearing kilts. Rainy weather. Guinness. History of the Picts, Scots, Irish, Welsh and English. I would like to live out my retirement in Scotland in a small cottage. Maybe someday I will. Till then I will dream of it and a fine lassie to grow old with.
I began studying about Scotland because of a dream. I awoke with an outline for a book I am writing. As I research the places I visited in my dream, Im finding they all exist down to details and distances from place to place! This all seems hard to believe, but I have never been to Scotland or seen photos of it!
Beings have a long history on earth 🌍 what was up is now down. All have grave, joyful, misery, loving, exciting, supeior, supernatura and all kinds of stories. It is good and entertainment to hear of them. None are free be human or animal but humans have a chance. The catch is we all have to be free & wise together. Love dog and horses stories & all stories that have some light to them. Thanks
Ive always wanted to go to Scotland..not sure if ill ever make it, though. My last name is Mccready, and im told that my ancestors came from Scotland in the late 1700's. 😊
I lived in Dunoon in late 70s early 80s ( us navy ) was a young boy had the joy of going to primary and secondary school and learned all this history first wouldn't trade that experience for anything
What’s kinda funny is that the Highland Scots (where my mom’s side of the family from the 1700s) are in the South as in SOUTHERNER in the Foothills of The Smokey Mountains in Western NC. 🤔 It’s just a lil fun fact from coming from the north of Scotland & then ending up in the Southern part of the USA 🇺🇸 x 🏴 = 🩵 😎✌🏻
The Stone of Scone??? Shades of Sir Terry Pratchett and the book 'Thud'! What a HOOT. It has been a pleasure and an education to visit this podcast. Thank you.
After James II, those in line for the throne were James' daughters Mary and Anne, and after them William of Orange. Mary who was the wife of William of Orange was offered the crown, but William and Mary became joint monarchs. It has been suggested (strongly) they became joint rulers due to William throwing a fit at the thought of his wife being his superior. It would appear that Mary II being a joint ruler and the daughter of James did not make up for her husband not being a Scot.
I’ve been to the Covenanters prison. It’s a very sad place. It’s very quiet when you go there even though the city is right outside the cemetery wall. I felt this off feeling while I was there. Like a was being watched.
Stewart did get back on the royal throne.. William is part Stewart as princess Diana was a direct descendant of the Stewart, that's why she was sought out to marry Charles, to lend legitimacy to the british/German royal family who's popularity was in decline.
That was the GENIUS of their match! A shame it was that their events turned in the fashion they did. But...William unites the blood of both houses. The Queen was sharp in her efforts to unite the Country in every which way she could. There is something quite right about that despite the obvious heartaches.
Hi Neil, I love watching your videos here, and fascinated by your conclusions or thoughts in relation to wildfires and also concerning I ran Khan, I was a huge fan in his cricketing career and follow his journey into politics with interest, I read his books, learned about his struggle to get healthcare for his mother with cancer and setting up a hospital and education centres and I have also been curious about his demise. What a sad world this is becoming. Stay strong please and keep up the very very valuable work you are doing here.
Enjoyed this! Biological father was a Scot. Fellin love with the bag pipes first time I heard them at 5. Always wanted to see especially the highlands of Scotland. Doesnt look like it will happen tho. Will have to go see it in spirit form, I guess. One thing I really regret. Not getting there in human form.
What an enchanted tale and beautiful history lesson! I wish I was Scottish, but alas, Germany is in my bloodline. But my heart is not. However, my high school (in USA) were the Highlanders and we had pipers and dancers, so maybe that's a part of it... ❤🏴🇺🇸🙌⛓️💥
13:21 there has been an expedition into the cave recently and they did find human bones inside a man made trench that could have attached to the castle above. I have not seen any update about those bones. One vertebrae was small like a child’s. There were animal bones as well.
A Scotsman I was working with asked me if I knew the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney.. I said no.. Well, Bing Sings and Walt Disney.. it took me ages to work that one out 😊
Love these stories. My grandfather Sutherland was born in Inverness his mother was a Milne. I have always loved her name and have one picture of her that I wish I knew how to share. Her name was Queenie Alexandra Milne Sutherland and I wish I could share it like I said but she truly looks like a Queenie. My father and myself where born in Baltimore MD.
I was dreaming that I was climbing a hill out front of a cemetery and looked over in the distance to a hill with a scottish castle and I thought that must be where Im to go then a hand came out in front of my face and a man stood there wanting to help me the rest of the way up the hill but he led me away from my castle into a Gold truck. A few months after the dream I met a man who drove a gold truck.
I loved this, I was always told we had some Scottish blood in our veins, however, after my DNA results came back, I am 32% Scottish. The greatest number of my DNA breakdown. My Daughter, with some added in from her Dada's side is 38% Scottish. We wonder if that may be where her green eyes came from. Her Dada has dark brown, and mine are light blue
i was planning a trip to do some landscape painting...i became afraid to go...many bloody gruesome legends...i will see how brave i am to travel yonder to Scotland.
Isn't there a place called Findhorn (or Finhorn?)where veggies and all vegetations are growing unusually big, because of fairies attend to them at night?😍😍
Beautiful countryside, I am Irish English and German swiss. but my heart is irish. Soctland is beautiful as well. I drew the Edinburgh castle as a teen. If I had my health and money I go to the whole entire United Kingdom.I got to see it as a little girl. ( a wee lass ). I am visually impaired. My spouse loved the Blind school in Kent.
My mother was a Mathieson from Dundee. I was told one of her predecessors was a Procurator Fiscal. Noted today that the current PF is Mathieson. Most of my mothers side were accountants business people or bookkeepers - like me.
Come and experience Scotland anytime. Beautiful scenery, good fresh air, welcoming and friendly people, weather a wee bit unreliable most days.😅
I'm Scottish and live in Scotland, probably a wee bit biased.
You are no biased at all laddie. As a Scot; I am extremely proud of my country, our banished Royal Family, and our prowess. Though as a young lad of 15, my father emigrated to Australia, much against the protestation of my mother and I, it broke my heart the day the ship pulled away from the dock at Tilbury. From then on (1961) I yearned to return to back to Scotland, but in order to honour the wishes of my father and my mother's father (Grandpa) I remained in Australia much against my wishes. I married 51 years ago to a Scottish girl who was never keen to return. However; she honoured my wishes to go back to my beloved Highlands and told me to go back for Three weeks. Twelve months later, I came back to Australia and to World War III. Two years later, when I asked the wife if it were OK if I went back to Scotland, she said OK but asked the question: "How long are you going back for" I said: "THREE WEEKS" My wife responded: I Seem to have heard that before"! However; three weeks it was that I was back for. There were tears in my eyne when I left home again; never to return. Regardless of how often I pleaded with my wife to return back home, I got a negative answer. There is an old saying: "YOU CAN TAKE THE LAD OUT OF SCOTLAND, BUT YOU WILL NEVER TAKE SCOTLAND OUT OF THE LAD!! ALBA GU BRAGH!!!!!
@@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko Australia seemed so far away all those years ago when you were 15, the opposite side of the world. It doesn't seem so far away nowadays. I've never lived anywhere but here. I'm close to my family, unless we had moved somewhere together, I wouldn't have gone too far. I suppose in your heart there's something always drawing you back to your roots. You don't miss much here anyway, the weather is worse than it was when I was young, I've got a long memory.
Would rather keep Scotland for the scottish
@AngusMacKinnon-xm5ko I hear what your saying Angus,just something about it.
@@judis6224 What Something about what. Be more specific. I am no a mind reader!
As a Scottish lassie - im very proud of my country. We are also known as great storytellers even today. Just walk into any pub and talk to an elderly gentleman x
And you have one of the loveliest accents in the whole world! ❤❤❤
Lucky you!
I’d love for you to have a youtube channel interviewing these elders.. you’d have a great following I’m sure
@@traceycook1018 that's actually not a bad idea 💗
@@margaretkerr4591Go for it, Margaret! ❤ Sounds like it would be very entertaining, not to mention enlightening!
I'm mainly Irish. My great grandfather came over with his parents when he was 4. We are from the Kennedy clan. But Scotland cannot be beat in beauty! Scotland and Ireland both deserved better and more respect than England ever gave them.
I agree .... Scotland and Ireland deserve more respect
Another rebellion sounds good,unite the clans n we send Charlie running😜🍀🍀
Me too. Two clans plus Irish
And wales!
Kennedy clan here in maine also
visited in late 1980's, may this beautiful land never change......signed a respectful englishman
I am from Deep South Appalachia and my father instilled great pride in me for being Scottish!
This popped up in my feed, and having Scottish ancestry, I click in. As soon as the bagpipes began to play I had tears in my eyes. I have always loved the bagpipes.
Same here!! Something about bagpipes makes me very emotional!! ....AMAZING GRACE on the bagpipes will rip your heart out😢
If the pipes don't make you cry, you aren't scottish!
When my only daughter died, Amazing Grace on bagpipes was played at her funeral. I love the pipes. ❤
@@NanaBrenI’m so sorry for the loss of your daughter. May you have peace
Thank you for your kindness. God bless you. ❤️
Walked on foot from Pitlochry to Killiecrankie and back to Pitlochry all in 1 day. - took me more than 4 hours to complete, but worth every minute. Best Walk of my Life ! At Killiecrankie stopped for Scottish Oat cake and strong Scot Tea. Best Meal of my Life ❤
I live in the City, and there is nothing like Magnificent Scotland !! Every bit of it Magical ❤❤❤❤
Im born and bred Scot
The scenery especially in the west and its islands quite stunning
But all of Scotland is not up to this standard
The cities are becoming litter strewn and its highways are polluted with rubbish
I live in Largs a lovely place in its own right but its not the town I knew 5o years ago
And most places have became alike
The rubbish stops at Tyndrum people in rural areas value their environment
But the towns and cities are becoming scuzzy to say the least
So paint a realistic picture not a delusion
I love my country the scenery as i said is beyond poetic
But the populas areas are not!!!!!!
I have no Scottish blood from a direct ancestor, but I've been to Scotland several times and it is truly a really beautiful country.
I have always felt a deep love and yearning for Scotland even though I have never been there. I feel that if I am blessed to ever land upon her shores I would be coming home. Clan Stewart is my clan and I am a Stewart by birth. I feel the pride of my fore fathers swell in my heart for this lovely land. Mary, Queen of the Scots and Robert the Bruce are among my ancestors.
It’s bc you lived there before in a previous life .. I feel the same way and was hypnotized and found out I’ve lived several lives
😆 I feel the same at times. The pipes give me goosebumps. Scotland is my bucket list. 🏴
I am a Bruce on Mother side and a Duncan on Father side.
I'm a direct issue from King Robert, through Ralph de Fedarg who became Sir Meldrum of Fyvie Castle!(1213) Sweetheart, us Scots, have always been travellers, innovators and as history says..No matter where you go, a Scot was there FIRST!🤔👍😄 Anyone going against it, are jealous Sassenachs!😅😅And even then, they still want to dress up in Our Tradition Dress, eat our Haggis n recite Rabbie Burns! (Which even the Rusians do on Burns Night! What an accolade eh!) Be proud of your heritage, put visit on your Bucket List. You'll be coming home and not be disappointed!5❤❤❤
Mary queen of scot is my relative
I am 67 living on a small island in the Caribbean. My wish is to be able to go your country and stay at least a month. Ĺove your channel. God bless Scotland
I hope that your wish to visit Scotland comes True!!
It is a most Beautiful Country and you would be welcomed by the wonderful people here!!
Namasté 🙏🕊️💞🌟
Andréa and Jasper. ...XxX...
Visited Edinburgh, inverness, the nearby Loch, culoden in 2019. I’ve been in love with Scotland and dying to be back. Scotland has my ❤
Me too
I spent the better part of a month in Scotland visiting our Family's Castle, the Scottish countryside, large towns and small quaint villages. I am a direct descendant of Gordon Highlanders. When I (we) arrived in Scotland and began touring/exploring, I had an overwhelming feeling that I was finally home; I felt as though I truly belonged there. I identified with the wonderful people and beautiful country; I felt very much at home. It was a spiritual & emotional experience, particularly when we visited our once Family Castle (I am a descendant of Gordon Highlanders & our castle is Huntly Castle); my mother & her sister inherited the castle shortly after The Depression here in America. As they didn't have the money to travel to Scotland to assume possession of the castle, my mom & her sister signed the it over to the Scottish Government. They did a wonderful job restoring it, though some of it is in ruins. My sister, myself, husbands & my 86 year old mother visited the castle (we explored every inch!). There were a lot of tears, joy and spiritual feelings of belonging there. It WAS an amazing day, a moving experience. We met our cousins over there, and they joined in on the Huntly Castle excursion. It was an Amazing day (and me Mum got to see her castle 😊). I've seen other comments here on how people were spiritually moved, felt an overwhelming belonging when they visited Scotland - I totally get that. I too felt like I was at/in a place where I'd been before, especially when I visited small villages where my distant relatives were born and lived. I truly appreciate this video: the folklore and true stories were of great interest. Though I've read & heard it before, it was a great refresher of some of Scotland's history. If you ever have an opportunity to see Scotland, GO! The people ARE wonderful, and the country IS beautiful. I fell madly in love with Scotland. ❤
glad you loved our country
Bless such a sad time for you mum to give up a beautiful castle. I bet she was heart broken to let it go. The other side to your story is what happened to the Scottish people who depended on the lady of the castle for there lively hood. Their lives could of been totally different if you family managed to get back home.
I too have a Scottish connection but sadly don't live there. But I live in Wales which also makes me feel like home like Scotland does.. x
My father said our ancestors came from Scotland. Honoring his request that a bagpipe play at his funeral graveside proved to be the most beautiful and meaningful part to me.
my mother also had a piper from Linda in scotland
I have a great love for Scotland, as some of my ancestors came from there. I have been there a few times and have loved it every single time! Loved hearing stories from the land of my ancestors!
YOu are one of us laddie , no matter where you were born. The blood of the Gael runs through your veins, as it does through every Scot, except those murdering Campbell of Argyll BASTARDS!
On my mother's side, I am Scottish. Janet Thain, my great-grandmother was born in Rathven, Banffshire. My Great Great Great Grand Mother Elizabeth Dick, married to Donald Sym were born in Perthshire, Scotland. By the time I knew my Great Grandmother Elizabeth Sym was spelled Sim. My dream is to go to both places someday. I don't remember the town or city in Perthshire. When I was a child my mother made two of my sisters and me a skirt and top she said were our PLAID from Perthshire. That was a long time ago, I am now 87 years old as of January 3rd, 2004. 👵🐈⬛🐈⬛, me and my cats Teo and Twotwo
when we were wee we used to sing a wee song about a man called Charlie sim from Linda in scotland
Wow! I feel like I was MEANT to see this video. About 11 years ago I went on a tour at that cemetary. As soon as I entered the gates, I was so overwhelmed with the spirits of what felt like God or angles that I sat down. I told the tour guide that this felt like holy ground and I felt like I couldn't stand up. He asked me if the presence was coming from a certain area of the cemetary. I pointed towards an area that was maybe 30 feet away and he said, "that is where the Martyrs are buried." I have photos of it still and just looked at them. I still felt the same feeling... and I stopped looking at my photos. It wasn't a bad feeling, but it was HEAVY. LIKE SADNESS and holiness all mixed together. I've never felt anything else like it
Wow thank you for sharing! Really glad you found our video. Hope you enjoyed it
What a story. I understand you so well.
When I was a little girl, 6 or 7 years old, I often heard the drums and bagpipes played by the high school band very close to my home in America. I would stop whatever I was doing and listen, mesmerized and then begin to weep silently. A decade and a half later, our family visited my aunt, and I was invited into her "Scottish Room". There, on every surface and every wall were maps, documents and photos, during which, she shared stories of our Scottish ancestors. I am truly a lucky woman. My aunt spent 50 years her life, as a genealogist, member of DAR- Daughters of the American Revolution, and Peace Corp volunteer, compiling, visiting world places, and sourcing proof documents, discovering and preserving, our family history. Up until that point, I knew nothing of our family lineage and suddenly it all made sense; my inexplicable, sentimental tears for the music of an ancient homeland I have never been to; for the soil I have yet to touch. I feel certain now, that not just the mind, but the body, remembers its roots, across generations and the centuries before. I have often argued this position, by asking: "Does not an Oak tree know where and when it will grow?", "Does not the tide return each day of the year, and at near precisely the same day and time as the year before?" My entire body tingles when the pipes and bouhdrans play, and the tears still flow. I am coming Scotland. Alba go bragh
The landscape, lakes, and coastline in Scotland are incredible. People are rugged and tough. It is a good place to feel at peace with the world and myself.
Scotland only has 1 lake lol
Scotland must be made free of the filthy illegal Act of Union which breaks the 1320 Declaration of Arbroath, for surely Southern England is cursed and will one day fall and Scotland will rise up in revenge.
I experience such grief frequently that I am not there in the Highlands. The friends I made there are mostly dead & gone.
A true statement....once you've been o Scotland ...it can't be forgotten ... what a beautiful place !!!
I am from South Africa and worked in Scotland (Edinburgh, Glasgow) in 1997 for a few months. My great grandmother came over to South Africa from Scotland. The countryside was beautiful for me and the villages felt like they all were from the movies. Such a rich history
I am the descendant of the clan of Maxwell. This was a wonderful, well-narrated fragment of Scottish history. Thank you. 🥰
I am an Irwin. We have Scottish and Irish coat of arms. Scottish who moved to Ireland and then to America. One day soon I hope to visit both Scotland and Ireland. So close to each other but different in their own lovely cultures
Thank you for sharing these lovely Scottish myths and legends and presenting them so beautifully.
There's something about the Scots that has always fascinated me. Maybe it's the kilt or the impression I have of a strong, brave people.
Scotland, my home, is beautiful, and visitors who respect her are very, very welcome. Sadly, we are inundated now with the kind of visitor nobody wants..... tourists who drop litter, campervanners who leave their rubbish just anywhere and empty their chemical toilets in burns, at the roadside, in private gardens, drivers who break speed limits, drive like maniacs and drink and drive, visitors who tear up rare wild flowers, and damage monuments and geological features.......... we have this kind of visitor in spades. Its so, so sad and I despair for my poor, beautiful home.
I am descended from the MacLeans of Duart (Isle of Mull). You are so right. Tourism has come close to ruining Scotland, especially in the Highlands. I am afraid I can never go back to Scotland because of this sad fact.
Those are Scots!
@veritas41photo Yes, it's a tragedy, and yet our councils and the Tourist Board are continually promoting more and more and more......... so awful. Thank you for your comment. 🙂
Behave yourselves when you're a guest!
It's in America too sadly. Not sure how those types sleep at night or even think that such behavior is acceptable anywhere, ever. Very creepy and very man unkind VS man kind.
I have dutch irish Choctaw and Cherokee...and ive always been drawn to Scotland and ireland and just the land in general..lol...and omg love listening to old tales always have ..thanks for sharing
This is just charming! I'd so love to go to Scotland, & go myth hunting.
As would I!
We must have talked this up! I just found out 8 days after making this comment that a trip to Edinburgh next summer is in my future. I could not be more excited! 🤩
@@kellyshomemadekitchen Terrific! Let's GO! Thanks for your reply!
Me too, can I go with you when you do 😄
@@jodeeps2287 Absolutely, LOL! Another person replied to my comment, about going to Scotland. Let's all go together, & be gawky tourists! Thanks much for your reply! 😉
Please go! It’s amazing. Just got back from there. Blessed to have friend from Yorkshire. Her mother is Scottish. If you need some ideas for places to go please message me! 🏴❤️👍
When visiting Scotland as a child , while hiking on the rob roy trail. I had an almost overwhelming feeling that I had been there before. It’s amazing how strong those feelings can be! In the land of my ancestors.
I believe we have what is called cell memory or DNA memory. It runs deep.
Though I've never been to Scotland myself my dad's side hails from Closeburn in dumfrieshire. All the way back to the 1100s. Our castle still stands. Someday I wish to take my wife to Scotland. I will be the first in my family in nearly 300 years.
Thank you for the stories! (The dog Bobby reminds me of our famous dog, Hachi, who kept waiting for his late master at the front of Shibuya station for 10 years...)
One of my very favorite true stories...no myth!
Both stories.
@@sarahhearn-vonfoerster7401 😢"poor little lost dogie
okay...
Hatchi was so sad xx
I wasn't ready for this to end! I've been to Scotland, twice. Once by car with 5 friends, and the second, by guided bus tour with another friend. It's true about the draw of the land & people. I really need to get to Norway, land of my Great-grandparents, in order to quit fantasizing about Scotland!
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I wonder where the White horse, Waterhorse stories come from? My Mum is Scottish, ( maternal Myles, Honeyman, paternal Grant) but i was born in Australia, and never been there. Yet i had a recurring dream throughout my childhood of a white horse, with which i was trapped, endlessly struggling for freedom. Until one day we leaped a fence and were free.
My father's family is from Scotland, the Muirs
I've also had visits from a white horse, and yes, Aussie born. It's odd how the spirit of our ancestors and the land of Scotland carries on in our blood.
My maternal great grandparents were from Scotland. Their surname was Walker. They immigrated to Australia.
My sister had a similar repeated nightmare throughout her life
I’m American from Ohio with mostly Scottish roots. Similar dreams from ages 3-12 of riding a white horse and trapped until we dive off a high cliff into water and swim away to freedom. (Was never around horses ever.)
I am a Canadian fr the maritimes. My maiden name is Murray and have been told l've Scottish ancestry on both sides l'm very proud of that. I hope to visit Scotland soon ❤.
Aye... Yous Murray's were from creif Scotland. Your main clan enemy was the clan Drummond.
Scottish surname
I'm from a land far away from Scotland and this was astonishing. All that history, all that culture, all that myth. Just amazing, thank you.
I loved this I adore Scotland even though I’m not Scottish. And I especially enjoy bagpipes.what great stories.
I'm an American and recently discovered my Scottish ancestry through Duff and MacIntosh. Thanks for posting this!
Hello, I'm a MacIntosh, my paternal Grandfather came from Elgin. I'm Welsh with a bit of Scottish.
@@Arianrhod323 Wonderful! So glad to meet you! My line is Isabelle Duff (dau WIlliam Duff 1st Earl Fife) married Alexander MacIntosh of Moray and had 22 children. My 6th great grandmother was one of them. :)
@@calicomist9213 Elgin is in Moray so who knows, we could be distant cousins. Lovely to meet you too.
I love Scotland. It's my dream to go there someday... and Ireland...
My great grandparents immigrated from Ireland (Dublin)to South Africa, the storytelling from both the Irish and Scottish always have me in awe.
The Lockness is fascinating and truly is mysterious.
My gran from Donegal was a great storyteller ,also my dad
This is very interesting . I love the Scottish stories. I feel sometimes that maybe in a different life I lived in Scotland
You didn't.
Absolutely beautiful beyond words lush green pastures mmmmmm🏞️
I am very proud to say I’ve been to Scotland three times… if I had one wish in my life, it would be to live there. I don’t understand it but I always feel what when I’m there, I am home.♥️🙏🏴✨
Scotland is old but yet mystic and majestic and has something for everyone and yet like me she never ages and yet i kiss her ground everytime when i come home to Caledonia
The highlands of Scotland really is Gods country come visit it and see for yourself ,I was born in the heart of the highlands and there's nowhere more beautiful I am proud to be a highlander
As am I... But I could manage well without the midges! 😅
Wow that was so wonderful. Some was so moving. Thoroughly enjoyed that
Thank you so much for this beautiful video. I will never be able to travel across the pond to any of the beautiful Islands of Scotland or even England or Ireland. So watching a show like this is such a treat.
I have Scottish heritage in my family on my mother's side. This is a place I want to visit one day. It looks so beautiful that I wan to spend as much time in Scotland as I can. My 5th great grandfather came from Scotland and lived the rest of his life in Virginia. My 4th great grandfather was the first Stuart (in my family) to be born in the United States.
The Scots are wonderful and friendly - Summer 2023 - can't wait to go back!!
Although my ancestors were from scotland & my maiden name was Gordon. I always dreamed of visiting scotland. Even as a young child I loved to hear bagpipes playing
Some of my relatives have visited Scotland & 2 of my nephews wore the Gordon plaiid vesr as did all the goomsmen while gettin marrried,, another nephew by marriage woeks for a company that occasionally sends their employees to Scotland for golf.tournments. Everyone comes back saying how beautiful Scotlajnd is.❤
Just found out I am 17% Scottish, had no idea. I have always been interested in the history of Scotland and England. Especially the legends and myths.
Just discovered that my 9th great grandfather and his sister were leaders of their respective covens from Edinburgh. The other members coven conspirad to assist their escape in order to save the sacred knowledge. My spiritual connection to Scotland is very deep and respectful.
I recently learned of my Scottish ancestry. I have always felt a pull to somewhere in the U.K. i t makes sense now. I love music from Scotland. Canned haggis, whiskey, wearing kilts. Rainy weather. Guinness. History of the Picts, Scots, Irish, Welsh and English. I would like to live out my retirement in Scotland in a small cottage. Maybe someday I will. Till then I will dream of it and a fine lassie to grow old with.
I really really really want to visit Scotland. Its history and lores speaks to my heart.❤
We have some more wonderful programs on Scotland coming soon that i think you'll enjoy. Hit subscribe so you don't miss them
I began studying about Scotland because of a dream. I awoke with an outline for a book I am writing. As I research the places I visited in my dream, Im finding they all exist down to details and distances from place to place! This all seems hard to believe, but I have never been to Scotland or seen photos of it!
Perhaps cellular memory, plus! Good luck with tour book; do you have a title yet?
What a wonderful documentary. Tragic too. The Scottish were fierce and proud and subsequently treated disgustingly by outsiders.
Beings have a long history on earth 🌍 what was up is now down. All have grave, joyful, misery, loving, exciting, supeior, supernatura and all kinds of stories. It is good and entertainment to hear of them. None are free be human or animal but humans have a chance. The catch is we all have to be free & wise together. Love dog and horses stories & all stories that have some light to them.
Thanks
Is it possible to love a country I have never been in? I think yes!
Thank you for this tales
Ive always wanted to go to Scotland..not sure if ill ever make it, though. My last name is Mccready, and im told that my ancestors came from Scotland in the late 1700's. 😊
Scenery looks absolutely
beautiful 😊
I lived in Dunoon in late 70s early 80s ( us navy ) was a young boy had the joy of going to primary and secondary school and learned all this history first wouldn't trade that experience for anything
Wishing I could be there! Thank you for this beautiful and fascinating video.
What’s kinda funny is that the Highland Scots (where my mom’s side of the family from the 1700s) are in the South as in SOUTHERNER in the Foothills of The Smokey Mountains in Western NC. 🤔 It’s just a lil fun fact from coming from the north of Scotland & then ending up in the Southern part of the USA 🇺🇸 x 🏴 = 🩵 😎✌🏻
My exact story. The Browns left Wilkes County in 1851 for Indiana,than Michigan.
I used to dream of going to Scotland, visit the places where my ancestors came from.
maybe you will get here one day
My mom's side came from Scotland! Her maiden name was Livingstone. She passed away from cancer in 2011.
I lived my formative years in Livingstone, Lothian. I like coincidence like this 🎉 may your beloved mother rest in peace 🦋🎉🦋
The Stone of Scone??? Shades of Sir Terry Pratchett and the book 'Thud'! What a HOOT. It has been a pleasure and an education to visit this podcast. Thank you.
L'esprit de Nessi disparu, hante encore les lieux. C'est magique.
Amazing!
After James II, those in line for the throne were James' daughters Mary and Anne, and after them William of Orange. Mary who was the wife of William of Orange was offered the crown, but William and Mary became joint monarchs. It has been suggested (strongly) they became joint rulers due to William throwing a fit at the thought of his wife being his superior. It would appear that Mary II being a joint ruler and the daughter of James did not make up for her husband not being a Scot.
I’ve been to the Covenanters prison. It’s a very sad place. It’s very quiet when you go there even though the city is right outside the cemetery wall. I felt this off feeling while I was there. Like a was being watched.
Beautiful Scotland!❤
Beautiful landscape
"Once experienced, Stotland can never be forgotten!" You got that right! I've been there once and I absolutely LOVED being there!
Stewart did get back on the royal throne.. William is part Stewart as princess Diana was a direct descendant of the Stewart, that's why she was sought out to marry Charles, to lend legitimacy to the british/German royal family who's popularity was in decline.
That was the GENIUS of their match! A shame it was that their events turned in the fashion they did. But...William unites the blood of both houses. The Queen was sharp in her efforts to unite the Country in every which way she could. There is something quite right about that despite the obvious heartaches.
Queen Victoria was descended from King David from Tribe of Judah. Ask the Irish about the scarlet thread.
@@valeriewalker954is that why the presence of all the lions in so many standards and family crests ?
Hi Neil, I love watching your videos here, and fascinated by your conclusions or thoughts in relation to wildfires and also concerning I ran Khan, I was a huge fan in his cricketing career and follow his journey into politics with interest, I read his books, learned about his struggle to get healthcare for his mother with cancer and setting up a hospital and education centres and I have also been curious about his demise. What a sad world this is becoming. Stay strong please and keep up the very very valuable work you are doing here.
Enjoyed this! Biological father was a Scot. Fellin love with the bag pipes first time I heard them at 5. Always wanted to see especially the highlands of Scotland. Doesnt look like it will happen tho. Will have to go see it in spirit form, I guess. One thing I really regret. Not getting there in human form.
What an enchanted tale and beautiful history lesson! I wish I was Scottish, but alas, Germany is in my bloodline. But my heart is not. However, my high school (in USA) were the Highlanders and we had pipers and dancers, so maybe that's a part of it... ❤🏴🇺🇸🙌⛓️💥
13:21 there has been an expedition into the cave recently and they did find human bones inside a man made trench that could have attached to the castle above. I have not seen any update about those bones. One vertebrae was small like a child’s. There were animal bones as well.
The land is old and wild and full of magic ..🦌 The mountains there were once taller than the Himalayas. The 🎥🍿 movie Highlander was filmed there⚔️🗡️
Would love to hear more about Scottish history
My grandfather was born in Thurso, but I've never been to Scotland. But I'd love to visit.
You should visit one day. It's a beautiful country
@@GreatBritishChannel I hope to some day! My mom, three brothers, and two sisters have all visited already.
A Scotsman I was working with asked me if I knew the difference between Bing Crosby and Walt Disney.. I said no..
Well, Bing Sings and Walt Disney.. it took me ages to work that one out 😊
I am from dundee love the countryside beautiful ❤ very proud to be Scottish ❤
Ive been to Loch Ness on a rainy October Day. Yup..I can see why folks might believe....!
Just got my DNA done and found out to be 55% Scottish, descended from clans Caruthers and Bruce. Loving this stuff!
Hahahahahahahahahahaha.
I am an Highlander my maiden name is farquhar
I just found this and as being Scottish on my Dad's side, greatly interested.
We traced ourselves to Bruce and J. Dubglas...Douglas.
@@colleenblackwater4792 Of course you did.
@@scottw.3258 to bad your shorts are so tight.
As a human of Earth, I appreciate this.
Love these stories. My grandfather Sutherland was born in Inverness his mother was a Milne. I have always loved her name and have one picture of her that I wish I knew how to share. Her name was Queenie Alexandra Milne Sutherland and I wish I could share it like I said but she truly looks like a Queenie. My father and myself where born in Baltimore MD.
I'm a Scottish woman..I'm so proud to be from Scotland it's such a beautiful place very cold, lol .. and who doesn't like a man in a kilt ❤.
I was bornand raised in canada but my heart aches for Scotland, alway has.
As Americans welcomed in Scotland ? I truly want to visit one day.
So much history!!!
Great program ❤
I was dreaming that I was climbing a hill out front of a cemetery and looked over in the distance to a hill with a scottish castle and I thought that must be where Im to go then a hand came out in front of my face and a man stood there wanting to help me the rest of the way up the hill but he led me away from my castle into a Gold truck. A few months after the dream I met a man who drove a gold truck.
I loved this, I was always told we had some Scottish blood in our veins, however, after my DNA results came back, I am 32% Scottish. The greatest number of my DNA breakdown. My Daughter, with some added in from her Dada's side is 38% Scottish. We wonder if that may be where her green eyes came from. Her Dada has dark brown, and mine are light blue
green eyes are very Celtic I also have green eyes
@@lwilson123 beautiful
I’m very happy that my dna is 38% Scottish, beating out the 35% English. lol I really enjoyed this video and would love to hear more like it!
i was planning a trip to do some landscape painting...i became afraid to go...many bloody gruesome legends...i will see how brave i am to travel yonder to Scotland.
Isn't there a place called Findhorn (or Finhorn?)where veggies and all vegetations are growing unusually big, because of fairies attend to them at night?😍😍
in the kingdom of fife
I adore this version of the "Skye Boat Song." Where can I find this version?
Found it. The Skye Boat Song used in this documentary: th-cam.com/video/6K2ZbMxewWc/w-d-xo.html
Thanks!
I played this for my Cairn Terrier…..great dogs.
So beautiful. I could imagine myself there. 🥰🥰🇺🇸
Beautiful countryside, I am Irish English and German swiss. but my heart is irish. Soctland is beautiful as well. I drew the Edinburgh castle as a teen. If I had my health and money I go to the whole entire United Kingdom.I got to see it as a little girl. ( a wee lass ). I am visually impaired. My spouse loved the Blind school in Kent.
My mother was a Mathieson from Dundee. I was told one of her predecessors was a Procurator Fiscal. Noted today that the current PF is Mathieson. Most of my mothers side were accountants business people or bookkeepers - like me.
Fellow dundonion ❤
My dad is Scottish, I feel a yearning to go to the highlands.
You should go. It's a beautiful country