Aww, thank you for sharing this, Frances! A big chunk of my heart belongs to Scotland. My father was Scots-Irish. I visited three times from 2015-2019. I wanted to move there and felt homesick when I returned to the US.
I was so disheartened that the Scots seemed all in on the PLandemic. :( I guess I've seen too many Scottish rebellion movies.
My favorite saying is "Haste ye back." I love that you can wild camp there. The Isle of Iona and the Faery Glen near Uig were magical.
I saw the funniest meme the other day. Two students were taking a test - one was looking over the other's shoulder, cheating (it was Mr. Bean!) Over the copier it said Christianity and the other one said Paganism. 😂 No offense to St. Andrew on his special day... xo
Scotland is too precious! I lived there for a few years twice in my life. I loved the people but the weather drove me away. I froze far too often! I don't want to go into too much detail because that would spoil the biography I am writing in Sunday in Memory Lane.
I agree with the meme's sentiment entirely, but we are not supposed to know the truth about pagan beliefs are we? 🙄
I know...the rain...drizzle...mist...cold...damp. But the GREEN! Ok, excited for Sunday's read now. :) I believe Iona was originally the Isle of the Druids before the Christians came. Sweet dreams Frances. xo
All the Isles of Britain were inhabited by Celts. The Druids were their priest class. They were feared by the Romans, who wrote outrageous stories about Druidic practices, which were probably the propaganda of their time. The most famous last enclave of Druid priests fought the Romans on the Welsh Island of Anglesey in 77AD. It is a tragic story:
Awful. It's hard to know what history is true anymore. I once read (I wish I could remember where!) that the (Druidic?) origin of the word "God/god" was "The sound of the wind through the (Oak)trees." Before anyone attacks me saying that's blasphemy, I just read it somewhere and thought it was beautiful. I like to believe the Druids were wise, Nature-loving, peaceful people. But, who knows, really. Surely that is the case with modern-day practicing Druids. 💚
The legend goes that the Celts on the East coast (Icenii), Boudicca's tribe were able to communicate with all other tribes, all the way to Anglesey and to Scotland via trees which they believed were interlinked at the roots. Nowadays, science admits that trees send nutriments to weak or dying trees in this way. So do mushrooms. Therefore disturbing the soil and cutting down the trees is wrecking their communications. The Celts knew about this and that is why the Romans were attacked as soon as they arrived in Britain. They laid their straight roads throughout the land, cutting off the tribes from communicating in the old way. Boudicca is supposed to have rallied all the British Celts to attack Colchester, London and St Albans on one night, which was the dark of the moon.
Now, consider this....
How did she let them all know the plan? The Roman writers said she and her two daughters travelled the length and breadth of the country by chariot, persuading each Chieftain one by one. How long would that have taken her? Impossible in a land with only winding paths! It is far more likely that she sent her request via the trees..... but, of course, the Romans would not have understood that or even guessed it.
Also, science has proven that plants scream when they are attacked. Maybe horses can hear it.... maybe we have lost that skill...
Yes! All of the "claires" are available for us to tune in. Thank you for the beautiful Boudicca story. I know of her but have never heard this. I think how Ireland and Scotland used to be almost completely forest. Probably England, too. Can you imagine the energy?
I moved to New Hampshire/USA in 2020. We have the second most tree coverage in the US, just behind our neighbor, Maine. I think its about 85% forest. I cried when I first crossed the state line. It felt like the trees owere in charge. My backyard is a forest and I'm so blessed. I've never encountered another human back there. We have bears, coyote, big cats, etc. etc. I talk to the trees and sometimes they talk back. :)
That video with the horses made me weep. A man down the road from me just bought forested land across the road from his home and raped it - cutting down all the trees for months on end. He planned to put a composting operation there (including toxic golf course grass clippings) but my friend rallied us together and we got it stopped. We hope. For what? He cut down hundreds of trees before getting approval. There is such a disconnect with most people.
I was reading a great post recently about terrain theory and someone asked "Then how come everyone in my house gets it?" I loved her response: "Our bodies are able to communicate with each other chemically and via frequencies, and one body detoxing can trigger another. Trees do the same thing in the forest. When one is attacked by beetles we'll just say, it will ramp up production and the other trees around it in the forest do as well. It's fascinating how plants and humans are able to communicate with each other on levels we don't fully understand yet." I'm writing about this now.
Anyway, sorry for the book-long comment, Frances! So glad I found you here on Substack. xo
During the time I was station in the U.K. (American forces), I was fortunate enough to have traveled to Wales and Scotland a few times. Like most Americans, I headed to Inverness, to find Nessie...or an authentic T-shirt. What a beautiful country, with the same for their people. I have only fond memories of country and people.
However, someone stole the monster, before I got there...probably another American tourist...bastards!! 🐲
Frances, thanks for the Scottish sayings. I'll share them with a co-worker, I introduced to the slang terms "Bint" and "Slapper", from your saga...he uses them on a daily basis now...like a 5 year old who just learned his first cuss word. 🤣🤣🤣
All the best Scotland, you are well thought of, through out the world!!
Thanks Frances, for teaching me something else I didn't know.
I love this. The multimedia aspects of SubStack are largely unexplored. Although I find myself in the wilds of Tennessee, I have many ancestors from the border wilds of Scotland.
Och, aye. ^_^
Love it!! Thanks
Aww, thank you for sharing this, Frances! A big chunk of my heart belongs to Scotland. My father was Scots-Irish. I visited three times from 2015-2019. I wanted to move there and felt homesick when I returned to the US.
I was so disheartened that the Scots seemed all in on the PLandemic. :( I guess I've seen too many Scottish rebellion movies.
My favorite saying is "Haste ye back." I love that you can wild camp there. The Isle of Iona and the Faery Glen near Uig were magical.
I saw the funniest meme the other day. Two students were taking a test - one was looking over the other's shoulder, cheating (it was Mr. Bean!) Over the copier it said Christianity and the other one said Paganism. 😂 No offense to St. Andrew on his special day... xo
Scotland is too precious! I lived there for a few years twice in my life. I loved the people but the weather drove me away. I froze far too often! I don't want to go into too much detail because that would spoil the biography I am writing in Sunday in Memory Lane.
I agree with the meme's sentiment entirely, but we are not supposed to know the truth about pagan beliefs are we? 🙄
I know...the rain...drizzle...mist...cold...damp. But the GREEN! Ok, excited for Sunday's read now. :) I believe Iona was originally the Isle of the Druids before the Christians came. Sweet dreams Frances. xo
All the Isles of Britain were inhabited by Celts. The Druids were their priest class. They were feared by the Romans, who wrote outrageous stories about Druidic practices, which were probably the propaganda of their time. The most famous last enclave of Druid priests fought the Romans on the Welsh Island of Anglesey in 77AD. It is a tragic story:
https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-important-events/anglesey-druids-0016639
Awful. It's hard to know what history is true anymore. I once read (I wish I could remember where!) that the (Druidic?) origin of the word "God/god" was "The sound of the wind through the (Oak)trees." Before anyone attacks me saying that's blasphemy, I just read it somewhere and thought it was beautiful. I like to believe the Druids were wise, Nature-loving, peaceful people. But, who knows, really. Surely that is the case with modern-day practicing Druids. 💚
The legend goes that the Celts on the East coast (Icenii), Boudicca's tribe were able to communicate with all other tribes, all the way to Anglesey and to Scotland via trees which they believed were interlinked at the roots. Nowadays, science admits that trees send nutriments to weak or dying trees in this way. So do mushrooms. Therefore disturbing the soil and cutting down the trees is wrecking their communications. The Celts knew about this and that is why the Romans were attacked as soon as they arrived in Britain. They laid their straight roads throughout the land, cutting off the tribes from communicating in the old way. Boudicca is supposed to have rallied all the British Celts to attack Colchester, London and St Albans on one night, which was the dark of the moon.
Now, consider this....
How did she let them all know the plan? The Roman writers said she and her two daughters travelled the length and breadth of the country by chariot, persuading each Chieftain one by one. How long would that have taken her? Impossible in a land with only winding paths! It is far more likely that she sent her request via the trees..... but, of course, the Romans would not have understood that or even guessed it.
Also, science has proven that plants scream when they are attacked. Maybe horses can hear it.... maybe we have lost that skill...
https://youtu.be/Z65kwsnlqr4
Yes! All of the "claires" are available for us to tune in. Thank you for the beautiful Boudicca story. I know of her but have never heard this. I think how Ireland and Scotland used to be almost completely forest. Probably England, too. Can you imagine the energy?
I moved to New Hampshire/USA in 2020. We have the second most tree coverage in the US, just behind our neighbor, Maine. I think its about 85% forest. I cried when I first crossed the state line. It felt like the trees owere in charge. My backyard is a forest and I'm so blessed. I've never encountered another human back there. We have bears, coyote, big cats, etc. etc. I talk to the trees and sometimes they talk back. :)
That video with the horses made me weep. A man down the road from me just bought forested land across the road from his home and raped it - cutting down all the trees for months on end. He planned to put a composting operation there (including toxic golf course grass clippings) but my friend rallied us together and we got it stopped. We hope. For what? He cut down hundreds of trees before getting approval. There is such a disconnect with most people.
I was reading a great post recently about terrain theory and someone asked "Then how come everyone in my house gets it?" I loved her response: "Our bodies are able to communicate with each other chemically and via frequencies, and one body detoxing can trigger another. Trees do the same thing in the forest. When one is attacked by beetles we'll just say, it will ramp up production and the other trees around it in the forest do as well. It's fascinating how plants and humans are able to communicate with each other on levels we don't fully understand yet." I'm writing about this now.
Anyway, sorry for the book-long comment, Frances! So glad I found you here on Substack. xo
Happy St. Andrew's Day Scotland!!!
During the time I was station in the U.K. (American forces), I was fortunate enough to have traveled to Wales and Scotland a few times. Like most Americans, I headed to Inverness, to find Nessie...or an authentic T-shirt. What a beautiful country, with the same for their people. I have only fond memories of country and people.
However, someone stole the monster, before I got there...probably another American tourist...bastards!! 🐲
Frances, thanks for the Scottish sayings. I'll share them with a co-worker, I introduced to the slang terms "Bint" and "Slapper", from your saga...he uses them on a daily basis now...like a 5 year old who just learned his first cuss word. 🤣🤣🤣
All the best Scotland, you are well thought of, through out the world!!
Thanks Frances, for teaching me something else I didn't know.
You are always welcome to my vast storehouse of slang and cuss words.... lmao!
I love this. The multimedia aspects of SubStack are largely unexplored. Although I find myself in the wilds of Tennessee, I have many ancestors from the border wilds of Scotland.
Och aye, the noo to you, my bonnie lass! xx
Ha! My brother lives in Edinburgh. Full circle?
I agree!
He is that. Although he would be embarrassed to admit it himself. Far too humble.