Daily Archives: February 7, 2008

Watch out, it’s haggis hunting season, and not a teddy bear in sight

If you go out to the hills today You’re sure of a big surprise If you go out to the hills today You better go in disguise For every haggis that ever there was Will run away for certain because … Continue reading

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Another essential guide: ‘How to catch a haggis’

How to catch a haggis?  Well, first throw one up in the air … only kidding. But really, I often get asked by visitors to Scotland, how do you catch a haggis (almost as often as, what do real Scotsmen … Continue reading

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Oh dear, another burning story hits the haggis pan

A true story, allegedly. Tony Blair is visiting an Edinburgh hospital. He enters a ward full of patients with no obvious sign of injury or illness and greets one.  The patient replies: “Fair fa your honest sonsie face, Great chieftain o’ … Continue reading

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