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Address to a Haggis

The haggis is a traditional Scots dish memorialised as the national dish o Scotland bi Robert Burns' poem **Address to a Haggis** in 1786. It is recited afore mony a Burns supper. Durin Burns Nicht, abody staunds as the haggis is brocht in, fur usual on a muckle dish bi the chef whiles a bagpiper leads the wey tae the host's table. The host, or aiblins a guest, will then recite the poem, slicing open the haggis at the richt moment.

## Words
Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,  
Great chieftain o' the puddin'-race! 
Aboon them a' ye tak your place, 
Painch, tripe, or thairm: 
Weel are ye wordy o'a grace 
As lang's my arm.

The groaning trencher there ye fill, 
Your hurdies like a distant hill; 
Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
In time o' need; 
While thro' your pores the dews distil 
Like amber bead.

His knife see rustic Labour dight, 
An' cut you up wi' ready sleight, 
Trenching your gushing entrails bright, 
Like ony ditch; 
And then, O what a glorious sight, 
Warm-reekin', rich!

Then, horn for horn, they stretch an' strive: 
Deil tak the hindmost! on they drive, 
Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve 
Are bent like drums; 
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 
"Bethankit!" hums. 

Is there that o'er his French ragout, 
Or olio that wad staw a sow, 
Or fricassee wad make her spew 
Wi' perfect scunner, 
Looks down wi' sneering, scornfu' view 
On sic a dinner? 

Poor devil! see him owre his trash, 
As feckles as wither'd rash, 
His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, 
His nieve a nit; 
Thro' bloody flood or field to dash, 
O how unfit! 

But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed -  
The trembling earth resounds his tread! 
Clap in his walie nieve a blade, 
He'll mak it whissle; 
An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, 
Like taps o' thrissle. 

Ye Pow'rs, wha mak mankind your care, 
And dish them out their bill o' fare, 
Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
That jaups in luggies; 
But, if ye wish her gratefu' prayer, 
Gie her a Haggis!


## References
Germanic leids

The **Germanic leids** is a faimlie o leids that includes the Wast Germanic leids (Scots, Inglis, Frisie, Dutch, German) an the **North Germanic leids** (Dens, Norse, Swadish, Faroese an Icelandic).
Arctic Monkeys

**Arctic Monkeys** is a fowersome indie rock baund frae High Green, a suburb o Sheffield. Thair debut single, "I Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor", an the follae-up "When The Sun Goes Down", gaed richt tae nummer ane in the UK Singles Chairt. The baund's debut album, *[[Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not]]*, hauds the record for the maist first-week sales o a debut album fer a baund in the UK. The baund's northren ruits, aften seen as a key element o the baund's style, haes seen thaim cryed the "northren Libertines", while thair aesome soond an wry leerics - aften social commentaries - haes been compared tae The Jam, Pulp an The Streets.

Thay'r weel kent for thair uiss o the internet for tae mercat thairsels, throu viral mercatin.

Estaiblished in 2002, the baund conseists o:-

* **[[Alex Turner (muisician)|Alex Turner]]**: guitar, vocals
* **Jamie** "Cookie" **Cook**: guitar, backin vocals
* **Nick O'Malley**: bass, backin vocals
* '''Matthew''' "The Cat" '''Helders''': drums, backin vocals

## Albums
* Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not (2006)
* Favourite Worst Nightmare (2007)
* Humbug (2009)
* Suck It and See (2011)
* AM (2013)
* Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino (2018)

## Fremmit airtins
**Offeicial steids**
* Offeicial wabsteid
* Offeicial baund forum 
* Domino Records baund page

**Fan steids**
* Arctic-Monkeys.com
* Mardy-Bum.com 
* Ritz To Rubble 

**Ither airtins**
* Arctic Monkeys Links - Portal wi a muckle database o relatit airtins 
* Fanboard Forum 
* Google News Latest Reports anent Arctic Monkeys
* BBC Collective: Live videos, interviews an reviews
Islam

**Islam** (Arabic: الإسلام or al-islām, "submission") is a monotheistic Abrahamic releegion foondit on the life an teachins o Mohammad in the saxth century, in Arabie. The fowk that follaes this releegion is cawed "Muslims". Muslims caw God "Allah", bat hae 99 different names fur "God" an aw. The haly beuk o the Muslims is ca'd the Quran. Islam is the warlds 2nt lairgest releegion wi mair nor 1,000,000,000 follaers.

Muslims trowe Moses, Abraham, an Jesus, wha they caw Musa, Ibrahim, an Isa, an ithers, wis prophets, forby.

Muslims believe that the Quran is the revealed wird o God an the Prophet Mohammad is the feenal Prophet sent bi God tae reveal His message tae mankynd.

In the 7t Century AD the Byzantine an Sassanide Empires wis the twa mucklest pouers in whit is cried the Middle East the day. Bedouin Arab merchands wad cross the desert tae touns lik Damascus fae Arab trade centres sic as Makka (or Mecca as its cried the nou) an Yathrib (later tae be re-cried Madina, or "ceety").

In places siclike Sirie, Iraq an Egyp, whaur nouadays Arabie leids is spaken, Pre Islamic civilisations haed been aroond lang syne. Throu the Gowden Age o Islam (atween aboot 900 AD an 1300) touns like Damascus an Baghdad becam important centres o scienteefic an philosphical discovery. Mony texts that haed been lang tint tae the Wast o Europe, wis pitten ower fae the Greek intae the Arabie (an in Islamic Spain intae the Laitin an aw)

Ane o the mair typical practics uised bi the Muslims whilka are ca'd "Abrahamic", are the circumcision o the penis. They awso hae the ritual o the killin o the sheep, ca'd *Al 3Aid*, whilka exists in the twa Abrahmic beuks, baith Bible an Quran. This custom finds place in auld Abrahamic tradeetions an Biblic history.

Feegurs sic as Plato, Galen an Pythagoras wis reintroduced throu the Arabie leid. Translators an ither scholars teached in Seecily an Spain, at the new Varsities o Palermo an Cordoba, the first European Varsities, syne the closin o the Pagan schuils bi the Kirk in the sae cried Daurk Ages. Ither feegurs, sic as Ibn Sinna (kent as Avicenna in the Wast) an Ibn Rushd (or Averoes) eikit oreeginal thochts an ideas tae the contreebution o Islam's scholarship tae post Roman Europe.

Maist Muslims thinks it's wrang tae draw the prophet Muhammad or Allah. Acause o this, Islamic airt is aft gey geometric an abstract.
Atheism

**Atheism** is the lack o belief in onie deities. Abody that hauds this view is cried an atheist.

Some atheists follae religions withoot onie gods, lik Buddhism or Taoism, whiles monie dinna follae onie religion at aa.

Atheism differs fae agnosticism. Agnostics are o the view that there isnae onie wey tae ken whither gods exist or no.
Dominica

**Dominica**, (  ) offeecially the **Commonweel o Dominica**, is an island naition in the Caribbean Sea. Tae the north-northwast lies Guadeloupe, tae the sootheast Martinique. Its size is 750 square kilometres (290 sq mi) an the heichest pynt in the kintra is Morne Diablotins, which haes an elevation o 1,447 metres (4,747&nbsp;ft). The Commonweelt o Dominica haes an estimatit population o 72,500. The caipital is Roseau.

Dominica haes been nicknamed the "Nature Isle o the Caribbean" for its seemingly unspoiled naitural beauty. It is the yungest island in the Lesser Antilles, still bein formed bi geothermal-volcanic activity, as evidenced bi the warld's seicont-lairgest boilin lake. The island features lush muntainous rainforests, hame o mony rare plant, ainimal, an bird species. Thare are xeric auries in some o the wastren coastal regions, but hivy rainfall can be expectit inland. The Sisserou Parrot (cried the Imperial Amazon an aa), the island's naitional bird, is featurt on the naitional banner. Dominica's economy is hivily dependent on baith tourism an agricultur.

### Gallarie

File:Soufrière Bay, Dominica 010.jpg|Soufrière Bay, Dominica
File:Produce Market, Roseau, Dominica 4.jpg|Mercat, Roseau, Dominica
File:Windsor Park redevelopment .jpg|Windsor Park, Roseau
File:African Baobab (46975193612).jpg|Dominica Botanical gairdens
File:The Dominica Museum.jpg|Dominica Museum
File:Roseau - Neg mawon emancipation monument.jpg|Neg mawon emancipation moniment
File:Morne Bruce Cross (40067453943).jpg|Morne Bruce Cross
File:Fort Young Hotel.jpg|Fort Young Hotel
File:Morne Bruce Gun (46985608102).jpg|Morne Bruce Garrison
File:Roseau - State House (8760066984).jpg|Presidential pailace
File:Our Lady of Fair Haven Cathedral - panoramio (1).jpg|Our Lady of Fair Haven Cathedral
File:Saint George Anglican Church (32068292147).jpg|Saint George Anglican Church


## References
Cheenae (region)

:*This airticle is adae wi the hail Cheenae civilisation. For the twa states that crys thairsels Cheenae, see [[Fowkrepublic o Cheenae]] an [[Republic o Cheenae]].*

**Cheenae** is a muckle kintra in Asie. Syne the Cheenese Ceevil War, Cheenae haes been splitten intae the mair muckle Communist Fowkrepublic o Cheenae (on the Cheenae mainlaund) an the smawer Republic o Cheenae on the island o Taiwan. Cheenae is ane o the maist auncient naitions in the warld, wi a heestory gaun back five thoosand year.

Baith the Republic an the Fowkrepublic threaps the hail o historical Cheenae territory as its ain (includin the mainlaund an the island o Taiwan), but the Fowkrepublic haes muckle mair o an airmy nor the Republic dis. The Unitit States an Fowkrepublic o Cheenae haes guid relations an the'r muckle tred; houaniver, the USA uphauds the Republic o Cheenae's richt tae exeest, an haes hecht tae weir the smaw Republic frae ony onding frae the Fowkrepublic. Forby thon, the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae haes owerins ower Hong Kong (that uisst tae be Breetish), an Macao (that uisst tae be Portuguese). Hong Kong an Macao haes been alloud haud wi a caipitalist economic seestem (unner the Ae kintra, twa seestems preenciple), but thay're aye poleetically thirlt tae the Fowkrepublic. The Fowkrepublic is becomin mair caipitalist an aw, an its ecomomy growes bi 9% the year, but the kintra bides offeecially communist, an aw poleetical pouer is sucken tae the Communist Pairtie o Cheenae. The Fowkrepublic set on an occupee'd Tibet in 1950; the Free Tibet Muivement haes mony uphauders aw oot-throu the warld. The Mongols that bides in Ooter Mongolie is aften wantin reunitit wi Mongolie. 

The caipital ceety o the Fowkrepublic is Beijing, and its maist muckle ceety is Shanghai. Xi Jinping is Preses o the Fowkrepublic an General Secretar o the Communist Pairtie. 

The caipital ceety o the Republic is Taipei. The Preses o the Republic is Ma Ying-jeou, frae the Cheenae Nationalist Pairty (Kuomintang/KMT).

## Quotation an advancement

合久必分,分久必合 : « Unitit Cheenae will divide itself ; wantoned, it'll recompose itself ». (History o The Thrie Kinricks)

It haes becom syne the Qin Dynasty a vast zone politicly unitit awso lingueesticly, wi an advancit cultur, devancin the rest o the kintras in som things like airts, medicine an technic sciences.
Makar

A **makar** in Scots leeteratur is a poet or bard, aften pairt o the ryal coort. The wird makar refers tae the craft o writin poetry (keek at scop forby). The wird can forby be uised fur ither forms o creaution.

For ordinar the Scots Makars refers til a Scots leid leeterar genre o the late Middle Ages.

William Dunbar, a foregane Makar, wrate the *[[Lament for the Makaris]]*.

The maist weel kent o the makars wis John Barbour, Blind Harry (cried Henry the Minstrel an aw), Robert Henryson (or Henrysoun), William Dunbar, Gavin Douglas an David Lindsay but there wis mony mair o them that shoud be mynt an aw, sic as Alexander Scott.

## The Scots Makar

In modren Scotland, The Scots Makar (cutty mak: The Makar) is the Scots' naitional poet, appyntit by the Scots Pairlament, an the equeevalent o the English Poet Laureate. 

* Edwin Morgan (2004 - 2010)
* Liz Lochhead (2011 - 2016)
* Jackie Kay (2016 - 2021)
* Kathleen Jamie (2021-2024)

## References
William Dunbar

**William Dunbar** (c. 1460 − c. 1520), Scots makar, wis maist likely hameborn til East Lowden.

## Life

Dunbar's name kythes in 1477 in the Register o the Faculty o Airts at  the Varsity o Saunt Aundraes amang the Determinants or Bachelors o Airts, an in 1479 amang the maisters o the varsity. Syne he jyned the order o Observantine Franciscans, at varsity o Saunt Andraes or Edinburgh, an gaed on tae Fraunce as a wanderin freir. He wis in Picardy, an still abreed in 1491, whan Bothwell's meesion tae siccar a bride for the young James IV o Scotland cam tae the French coort. Aiblins he gaed wi Blackadder, heidbeeshop o Glesca, on a seemilar embassy tae Spain in 1495.  But we dae ken mair that he gaed wi that prelate til England on his mair successfu meesion in 1501. Dunbar in atween times (aboot 1500) returned tae Scotland, an haed becam a priest at the coort, an a ryal pensioner. 

His leeterar life startit in James's ryal hoosehauld. His poems or entries in the ryal registers o peyments o pension an grants o livery is aw we ken aboot him. Dunbar is spoken o as the 'Rhymer o Scotland' in the accoonts o the Inglis privy cooncil dealin wi the veesit o the meesion for the haund o Margaret Tudor, for he screived a poem in praise o Lunnon, not for, as haes been statit, he wis the Scots makar at the coort. 

In 1511 he gaed wi the queen til Aiberdeen an commemoratit her veesit bi writin a poem aboot it. Ither screivins sic as the *Orisoun* ("Quhen. the Gouernour past in Fraunce"), aboot the settin oot o the regent Albany, is o historical interest, but thay tell us little mair nor Dunbar wis alive. 

The date o his daith isna kent. In Lyndsay's *Testament and Complaynt of the Papyngo* (1530) he is listit wi poets that wis deid at the time, an the reference foregangs that tae Douglas (wha haed dee'd in 1522). 

He certies survived his ryal patron, so he could hae dee'd aboot 1520.

## First printed obscenity
Dunbar wis reputed tae hae been responsible fur the first prentit uiss o the wird "fuck": his 1503 poem "*Brash of Wowing*" includes the lines: "Yit be his feiris he wald haif fukkit:/ Ye brek my hairt, my bony ane."  Some creetics o modern authors James Kelman or Irvine Welsh appear no tae ken the lang tradeetion afore thair screivin.  The pouerfu wird that Dunbar pit intae prent in 1508 wisna made lawfu till efter the obscenity trial o *[[Lady Chatterley's Lover]]* in Inglis, in 1960.

## "Back tae Dunbar"
For the Scots Renaissance in the mid-20t century, William Dunbar wis a touchstane. Mony fowk tried tae copy his style, an "hie brou" subject maiter, sic as Hugh MacDiarmid an Sydney Goodsir Smith. As MacDiarmid himsel said, thay haed tae gang, "back tae Dunbar".

## See forby
*List o Scots poets an makars

## References


* *This entry incorporates public domain text origeenally frae the [[1911 Encyclopædia Britannica]].*

## Links outwith
* Poem ''Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedie''
*Scottish Poetry Library - https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poet/william-dunbar/
*List of publications - William Dunbar's publications 

*
Sport in Scotland

Scotland haes mony naitional sportin associes, sic as the Scots Fitbaa Association (SFA) or the Scots Rugby Union (SRU). This gies the kintra its ain representation at mony internaitional sportin events sic as the Fitbaa Warld Cup. Scotland canna compete in the Olympic Gemmes itsel tho, an Scots athletes maun compete as pairt o the Great Breetain team gin thay want tae tak pairt. Houaniver Scotland dis send its ain team tae compete in the Commonweal Gemmes.

Fitbaa is the maist popular sport, baith for playin an watchin. The Scots Fitbaa Associe is the seicont auldest naitional fitbaa associe in the warld an the Scots Cup is the warld's auldest naitional trophy. Forby Scotland haes its ain sportin competitions apairt frae the lave o the UK. The main fitbaa competeetions is the leagues organised bi the Scots Premier League an the Scots Fitbaa League. Teams in the Hieland Fitbaa League, the East o Scotland Fitbaw League an the Sooth o Scotland Fitbaa League competes in the Scots Cup an aw, while the Scots Junior Fitbaa Association is ootwi that structur. Scots fitbaa clubs compete in internaitional competeetions, sic as the UEFA Europa League an the Champions League, baith o which hae been won bi Scots clubs.

The Scots Rugby Union is responsible Rugby in Scotland. Regional Scots rugby clubs competes forby in the Celtic League, alang wi teams frae Ireland an Wales an in the Heineken Cup, the European League for Rugby Union. Mony ither teams play in the twa divisions o the Scots Premiership.

Shinty is rin bi the *[[Camanachd Association]]* an is played for the maist pairt in its Hieland hertland, but in maist o the varsities an ceeties an aw.

The toun o St Andras is the hame o gowf an the rules wis set bi the toun's *[[Royal and Ancient Golf Club]]* in 1897. Scotland is weel kent the warld ower for its mony links coorses.

Scotland is the hame tae curlin an aw. Forby it's no sae popular the day as it is in Canadae, it's aye mair popular in Scotland nor it is in ony o the ither launds in Europe.

Scotland haes the warld's auldest caitchpule (for real tennis) whaur a few fowk plays caitch.

Snooker, hockey, basketba an tennis, is aw gey popular as weel. Thare is e'en aboot 12,000 cricketers in Scotland. It isna juist a sport for the Inglis altho thare is a guid few Scots fowk that thinks it is, as Scotland pleys as an Inglis Coontie.
Scottish Premier League

The **Scots Premier League** (Inglis: *Scottish Premier League*), kennt as the **Clydesdale Bank Premier League** for sponsorship reasons, wis a league o fitbaw teams in Scotland. It on the heichmaist level o the Scots fitbaw league system an is made up o twal teams. It wis abolished in 2013, when the SPL an SFL merged tae furm the new Scottish Professional Football League, wi its tap diveesion bein kent as the Scottish Premiership.

## References
Internaitional Mither Tongue Day

The 21st o Februar wis proclaimt **Internaitional Mither Tongue Day** bi UNESCO in November 1999.

The Internaitional Mither Tongue Day is obserred ilka year in UNESCO memmer states an at its heidquarters fer tae forder lingueestic an cultural diversitie an monieleidism.

It is the internaitional recogneetion o Leid Martyrs' Day, commemoratit in Bangladesh syne 1952, whan monie Bengali-spaekin fowk wis massacred bi the Pakistani polis an airmie in Dhaka.

## See an aw
* Leid Muivment Day
* Leid Muivment

## Fremmit airtins
* UNESCO homepage fer Internaitional Mither Tongue Day  (in Ingils)
* UN Information Resources (in Ingils)
* UNESCO Edducation (in Ingils)
Highland Football League

The **Hieland Fitbaa League** is a league o fitbaw teams in Scotland.  The league isna juist for teams in the Hielands. Maist o the teams is fae the North East neuk. It haes teams fae Aiberdeen in the east ower tae Fort William in the wast an up tae Wick in the north. The fifteen teams is Brora Rangers, Buckie Thistle, Clachnacuddin, Cove Rangers, Deveronvale, Forres Mechanics, Fort William F.C., Fraserburgh F.C., Huntly F.C., Inverurie Locos, Keith F.C., Lossiemouth F.C., Nairn County, Rothes F.C., Wick Academy F.C..

## HFL Members

### Current members

### Umwhile members that nou play in the Scottish Professional Football League
*Elgin City
*Caledonian*
*Inverness Thistle*
*Peterhead
*Ross County

:*Caledonian an Inverness Thistle combined tae form Inverness Caledonian Thistle upon jynin the Scottish Football League in 1994.

## Notes
Dundee United F.C.

**Dundee United** (or the *Tangerines*, *Terrors*, *Arabs*) are a Scots professional fitbaw club locatit in the city o Dundee. Formit in 1909, originally as **Dundee Hibernian**, the club adoptit their current name in 1923. Thay pley thair hame gemmes at Tannadice Park in Dundee. The pairk is kenspeckle for bein juist 100 yairds frae their rival, Dundee F.C..

The club wun the Scots Premiership in 1983, gat tae the European Cup semi-feenal in 1984 an the UEFA Cup feenal in 1987, but lost tae Roma an IFK Gothenburg. Aw this wis daen unner thair maist kenspeckle manager, Jim McLean.

## Honours
**[[Scottish Premiership|Scots Premiership]]** (1): 1982-83

**[[Scots Cup]]** (2): 1993-1994, 2009-10

**Scots League Cup** (2): 1979-80, 1980-81

**[[Scottish Championship|Scots Championship]]** (4): 1924-25, 1928-29, 2019-20, 2023-24

**Scots Challenge Cup** (1): 2016-17

## References
Dunfaurlin

**Dunfaurlin** (, ) is a city an umwhyl ryal burgh in Fife, Scotland. Eik-named "The Aul Grey Toun", it byds on heich grun 3 mile frae the shore o the Firth o Forth, nor'wast o Edinburgh. The toun is the historic caipital o Scotland an Robert the Bruce is buirit in Dunfaurlin Abbey. The toun is split frae north til sooth bi Pittencrieff Pairk at wha's fit flowes the Lyne Burn. Sum 39,229 fowk byd in Dunfaurlin.

Dunfaurlin is naur the aetym naval base an dockyaird o Rosyth. The mukkil industries o Dunfaurlin an roon aboot is ingineerin, electronics, defenss an textyls. But thae haes drappit aff ower the laist few yeir. Employment in the toun haes begoud ti diversifee ti serviss sector employment an mukkil employers in Dunfaurlin nou ar sic as HBOS (Halifax Bank o Scotland) an BSkyB.

## References
Fawkirk

**Fawkirk** (*Falkirk* in Ingels; *An Eaglais Bhreac* in the Scots Gaelic) is a muckle toun in Stirlinshire, Scotland.  Fawkirk itsel is hame til the Fawkirk Wheel amang ither things sic as the Callander Hoose an the Fawkirk Bairns Fitbaw team.  It's a gey industrial an weel-populatit airt o the kintra.  Staunds as the main nave atween the ceeties o Glesgae, Edinburgh an Stirlin an aw.

## Twin touns
Falkirk is twinned wi:

* Créteil, Fraunce
* Odenwald, Germany
*  Quimper, Fraunce
* San Rafael, Californie, USA

## References
Heart of Midlothian F.C.

**Heart Of Midlothian** (or the *Herts*, *Jam Terts*) is a fitbaw team  that pley thair hame gemmes at Tynecastle Park in the Gorgie area o Edinburgh, Scotland.

## Honours

### Major Honours
* **[[Scottish Premiership|Scots Premiership]]** (4): 1894-95, 1896-97, 1957-58, 1959-60 
* **[[Scots Cup]]** (8): 1890-91, 1895-96, 1900-01, 1905-06, 1955-56, 1997-98, 2005-06, 2011-12
* **Scots League Cup** (4): 1954-55, 1959-59, 1959-60, 1962-63 
## References
Kilmaurnock

**Kilmaurnock** (Scots Gaelic: *Cille Mheàrnaig*) (forby kent as ***Killie*** anaw) is a mukkil burgh in East Ayrshire, Scotland, wi aboot 44,734 indwallers. It is aboot haufgate atwein Glesga an Ayr, an is the seicont mukkilest toun in Ayrshire. The River Irvine rins throu its eistren bit, an the Kilmarnock Wattir passes throu it, gien ryz til the name 'Bank Street'.

The Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel is bi Charles W Gray, Scottish architect wi' coloured gless bi French staint gless airtist Gabriel Loire

## References
Hibernian F.C.

**Hibernian** (or the *Hibs*, *Hibees*) pley thair hame gemmes at Easter Road in Leith in the east end o Embro.

## Honours

### Major Honours
* **[[Scottish Premiership|Scots Premiership]]** (4): 1902-1903, 1947-1948, 1950-1951, 1951-1952 
* **[[Scots Cup]]** (3): 1886-1887, 1901-1902, 2015-2016 
* **Scottish League Cup** (3): 1972-1973, 1991-1992, 2006-2007 

## References
Falkirk F.C.

**Fawkirk F.C.** (or the *Bairns*) pley thair gemmes at The Fawkirk Stadium in Fawkirk. The club pley in the Scots Premiership efter haein back tae back promotions, risin fae the Scots League Ane tae the Scots Premiership in twa yeir.

## History
Fawkirk won the Scots Cup fur the first time in 1913. Efter 1945, Fawkirk war promotit an relegatit atween the Premier an First Divisions seiven time til 1995–96, an durin the 1970s spent three season in the Secont Division. In 2005, Fawkirk war promotit tae the Scots Premier League (SPL). Falkirk won the Scots Cup again in 1957 an war runners-ap in the competition in 1997, 2009 an 2015. As a result o thir performance in the 2009 Scots Cup, the club qualified fur the inaugural season o the UEFA Europa League in 2009–10, thay pleyed Vaduz in the Secont Qualifyin Roond but lost 2–1 ower twa gemmes. Fawkirk hae won the secont tier o Scots fitbaw a record echt times. Thay hae won the Scots Challenge Cup mair nor ony ither club an aa, winnin it fur the fowert time in 2012.

In thir aerlie yeirs, Fawkirk pleyed at three venues: Hope Street, Randyford Pairk an Blinkbonny Pairk. Atween 1885 an 2003, the club wis based at Brockville Pairk, biggit on the former Hope Street grund. Efter the makkin o the SPL in 1998, its strict stadium criteria – that Brockville Park didnae meet – wis enforced, an the club wisnae alloued tae be promotit on three occasions. The club's present hame grund sin 2004 is the Fawkirk Stadium, a 7,937 aw-seater stadium in the Westfield area o Fawkirk.

## References
Motherwell F.C.

**Motherwal Fitbaw an Athletic Club** (Inglis: *Motherwell Football and Athletic Club*), mare aften kennt as juist "Motherwell" or "the Well", is a professional fitbaw team frae Motherwal, Scotland. Thay compete in the Scots Premier League an play thair hame gemmes at Fir Pairk Stadium.  Thay are ane o juist seiven teams that hae niver been ootside o the SPL sin it wis creatit in 1998.  Indeed thay hae niver been oot o the heichmaist level o Scots Fitbaw sin 1984.  In this time, thay hae anely wun ane trophy: the 1991 Scots Cup.

## References
Dunfermline Athletic F.C.

**Dunfermline Athletic fitbaw Club** are a Scots fitbaw team based in Dunfermline, Fife, commonly kent as just *Dunfermline*. They play at East End Park an are nicknamed *The Pars*.

## Achievements
### Honours
* Scots First Diveesion Champions – 1989, 1996
* Scottish Seicont Diveesion Champions – 1926, 1986
* Scottish Championship Champions - 2015/16
* Scots Cup – Winners – 1961, 1968; Runners-up – 1965, 2004, 2007
* Scots League Cup – Runners-up 1950, 1992, 2006
* Scots Challenge Cup – Runners-up 2008
* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup – Semi-finals 1969; Quarter-finals 1962
* Inter Cities Fairs Cup Quarter-Finalists 1965–66

## References
Kilmarnock F.C.

**Kilmarnock F.C.** (or the *Killie*) pley thair gemmes at Rugby Pairk in Kilmarnock.  Thay war foondit in 1869. Thay won the league ance in 1965, an the Scots Cup three times, maist recent in 1997. Rugby Pairk haes 18128 seats. 

## Honours

### Domestic

* '''Scots Fitbaw League''' **(tap tier):**
** **Winners (1):** 1964–65
*** Runners-up (4): 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1963–64
* '''Scots First Division''' / '''Scots Championship''' **(secont tier)**:
** **Winners (3):** 1897–98, 1898–99, 2021–22
*** Runners-up (6): 1953–54, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1978–79, 1981–82, 1992–93
* '''Scots Secont Division''' **(third tier):**
** Runners-up (1): 1989–90
* '''Scots Cup:'''
** **Winners (3):** 1919–20, 1928–29, 1996–97
*** Runners-up (5): 1897–98, 1931–32, 1937–38, 1956–57, 1959–60
* **Scots League Cup:**
** **Winners (1):** 2011–12
*** Runners-up (5): 1952–53, 1960–61, 1962–63, 2000–01, 2006–07
* **Scots Qualifying Cup:**
** **Winners (1):** 1896–97

## References
Leivinstoun

**Leivinstoun** or **Leevinston** (, ) or **Livi** is a toun in Wast Lowden, Scotland. It is the fowert eft-war new toun ti be biggit in Scotland, designated in 1962. It is aboot 15 mile (25&nbsp;km) wast o Edinburgh an 30 mile (50&nbsp;km) eist o Glesga. 

Leivinstoun is the mukkilest toun in Wast Lowden an the seicont mukkilest sattilment in the Lowdens eftir Edinburgh. In 2001 it haed 50,826 indwallers.

Naur aboots bes the aulder touns o Bathket, Broaxburn an Lithgae.

## References
Aberdeen F.C.

**Aberdeen Football Club** haes the byname "*The Dons*" an pley thair hame gemmes at Pittodrie Stadium in Aiberdeen. Thay are the third maist succesfu team in Scots Fitbaa an is the maist succesfu Scots team in Europe haein won the European Cup Winners Cup an the European Super Cup. 

A pennant (fae 1980) is pairt o the club's history an is in Aiberdeen Cooncil museum an airt gallery.

## History
Formit in 1903 acause o the mergin o three clubs fae Aiberdeen, thay rarely challenged for honours till aifter Warld War 1, fan thay won ilk o the major Scots trophies unner manager Dave Halliday. This level o success wis owertaken in the 1980s, fan, unner the management o Alex Ferguson, thay won three league titles, fower Scots Cups an a Scots League Cup, as weel as the twa European trophies. Aberdeen war the last club ootwi the Auld Firm tae win a league title, in 1984–85, an the last Scots team tae win a European trophy an aa.Aberdeen hae niver been relegatit fae the tap division o the Scots fitbaa league system sin thay war eleckit tae the tap division in 1905.

The team haes haed less success sin this gowden era, tho thay won the 2013–14 Scots League Cup, thair furst major trophy in 19 yeir, follaed up bi mony secont-place finishes ahint Celtic in the league durin the 2010s. Aberdeen won the 2024–25 Scots Cup, thair first triumph in the competition in 35 yeir.

Aberdeen hae pleyed at Pittodrie Stadium sin thair foondin. The groond haes a capacity o 19,274 as o the 2024/2025 season, an wis the first aa seatit an aa covered groond in the Unitit Kinrick. Pittodrie wis the first fitbaa grund tae hae a dug-oot, an invention o pleyer an coach Donald Colman.

The club's colours hae been maistly reid an white sin 1939; afore this, thay pleyed in black an gowd vertical stripes. In modren times, Aberdeen hae aamaist anely pleyed wi aa-reid strips wi white detailin.

Aberdeen attract support fae the city an surroondin airts, as thay hivnae git geographically close rivals. Wi nae local competitor, Aberdeen hae developed rivalries wi mair distant opponents sic as Dundee United (kent as the "New Firm" in the 1980s) an Rangers.

## Honours

### Major Honours
***[[Scottish Premiership|Scots League]]** (4): 1954**-**1955, 1979-1980, 1983-1984, 1984-1985 
***[[Scots Cup]]** (8): 1946-1947, 1969-1970, 1981-1982, 1982-1983, 1983-1984, 1985-1986, 1989-1990, 2024-25
***Scots League Cup** (6): 1955-1956, 1976-1977, 1985-1986, 1989-1990, 1994-1995, 2013-2014 
***European Cup Winners Cup** (1): 1982-1983 
***European Super Cup** (1): 1983

## References
Livingston F.C.

**Livingston F.C.** (or the *Livi*, *Lions*) is a fitbaw team that pley thair hame gemmes at Amondvale in Leivinstoun. In the 2024–25 season, the club war promotit tae the Scots Premiership efter beatin Ross Coonty 5–3 (ower twa gemmes) owin tae the Scots Championship promotion pley-aff.

## References
Queen of the South F.C.

**Queen of the Sooth** (or the *Dounhaimers*) plays thair gemmes at Palmerston Park in Dumfries.

## References
St Johnstone F.C.

**St Johnstone** (or the *Saints*) plays thair hame games at McDiarmid Park in Perth, Scotland.

In 2014 St Johnstone won the Scots cup andbeat Dundee United at Parkheid to lift the cup.

## References
Clyde F.C.

**Clyde F.C.** (or the *Bully Wee*) plays thair games at Braidwid Stadium in Cummernaud. Thay uist tae play at Shawfield Pairk in Ruglen.

## References
Dundee F.C.

**Dundee fitbaw Club**, foondit in 1893, are a fitbaw club based in the city o Dundee, Scotland. Thay are nicknamed *The Dee* or *The Dark Blues* an pley their hame matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is daurk blue. Dundee currently pley in the Scots Premiership, haein been promotit frae the Scots Championship follaein the 2022–23 season. Thay won the Scots Championship efter beatin Queen’s Park 3–5 on the last gemme o the season.

The city o Dundee supports twa senior professional football teams, Dundee an Dundee Unitit. Their grunds are athin a few yairds o ilk ither an are the twa closest professional fitbaw grunds in the warld.

## References
Airdrie

**Airdrie** (Scots Gaelic: *Àrd Ruigh*, the heich brae) is a muckle toun in Lanrickshire.

It is the hame o Airdrie Unitit Fitbaw Club, a fitbaw team that's in the Seicont Diveesion o the Scots Fitbaw League.
Dumbarton F.C.

**Dumbarton F.C.** (or the *Sons*) is a fitbaw team. Thay play thair gemmes at Strathclyde Homes Stadium in Dumbairton.

## References
Ayr United F.C.

**Ayr Unitit** are a Scots fitbaw team that pley at Somerset Pairk in the toun o Ayr, wha compete in the Scots Championship. Foundit in 1910 fae a merger atween Ayr F.C. an Ayr Parkhouse F.C., thir byname is *The Honest Men*, fae a line in the Robert Burns poem "Tam o' Shanter".

## History
Ayr Unitit war foondit in 1910 follaein a merger atween the touns twa existin clubs, Ayr an Ayr Parkhoose, whilk remeens the anely merger atween league clubs in Scotland. Efter the merger, Ayr Unitit continued tae pley in Division 2 an wint oan tae finish in secont place in thir first season. Thay wint oan tae win the league fur the nixt twa consecutive seasons afore becomin the first club tae be promotit tae Division 1, raither than be elecked. Efter finishin mid-table in thir first yeir in the tap flicht, Ayr appointit thir first manager, Herbert Dainty, wha teuk the club tae fowert place afore gangin fur Dundee Hibs in 1915. Lawrence Gemson teuk ower fae Dainty an teuk Ayr tae anither fowert place finish an then tae fifteent an echteent at the heicht o the First Warld War. Efter the war haed finished, Ayr apointit former Parkhoose pleyer an Tottenham Hotspur pleyer-manager John Cameron as thir new manager follaein his release fae a civilian detention camp in Berlin in 1918. Cameron teuk Ayr back ap tae fift in the League afore takin retiral efter ane season. James McDonald replaced Cameron an his fower seasons brocht mair mid-table stability wi three fowerteent an ane tent place finish. Jimmy Hay teuk ower in 1924 an brocht Ayr's first relegation in his first yeir as manager at Somerset Pairk.

Jimmy Hay remeened on as manager o Ayr Unitit in Division 2 but wis close tae missin oot oan promotion back tae the tap flicht bi ane pynt. Hay accused an Ayr Unitit director o match fixin leadin Hay tae be banned 'sine-die' fae fitbaw. Archie Buchanan teuk ower at Ayr in 1926 an finished in echt place afore winnin the title agane the follaein season. 
## Honours
***[[Scottish Championship|Secont Tier]]:** 
****Winners (6):** 1911–12, 1912–13, 1927–28, 1936–37, 1958–59, 1965–66
****Runners-Up (4):**: 1910–11, 1955–56, 1968–69, 2000–01

***[[Scottish League One|Third Tier]]:**
****Winners (3):** 1987–88, 1996–97, 2017–18
****Runners-Ap (3):** 2008-09, 2010-11, 2015-16

## References
St Mirren F.C.

**St. Mirren** **Fitbaw Club** are a Scots professional fitbaw club frae Paisley, Renfrewshire, foundit in 1877. The club play in the Scots Premiership, efter promotion frae the Scots Championship in 2017–18. The club haes twa nicknames, the "Buddies" an the "Saints". St. Mirren play thair hame gemmes at the SMISA Stadium
St. Mirren hae won the Scots Cup three times, the Renfrewshire Cup fifty-five times an the Scots League Cup twa times.
The club hae played in European competion fower times finishin in the laist saxteen o the European Cup Victors Cup.

## Honours

* '''Scots Cup'''**:**
** **Winners (3):** 1925–26, 1958–59, 1986–87
** Runners-up: 1907–08, 1933–34, 1961–62
* **Scots League Cup:**
** **Winners (2):** 2012–13, 2025–26
** Runners-up: 1955–56, 2009–10
* **Renfrewshire Cup (55)**: 1882–83, 1883–84, 1887–88, 1890–91, 1893–94, 1896–97, 1897–98, 1903–04, 1909–10, 1910–11, 1923–24, 1924–25, 1925–26, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1933–34, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1940–41, 1943–44, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1960–61, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1989–90, 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2014–15

## References
Gretna F.C.

**Gretna F.C.** used tae be a Scots fitbaa team. In the 2007/08 they played in the Scots Preemier diveesion unner big Davie Irons and no sae big Mick Wadsworth.

Manager Rowan Alexander wis in chairge o the club 2000 tae 2007; the club haed haed monie financial problems aerlie on whan he wis manager, houaniver things impruived when Brooks Mileson teuk ower owerins o the club. But they're wi nae monie, nae team, nae owner, nae league tae play in and nae chance.
Greenock Morton F.C.

**Greenock Morton** plays thair games at Cappielow Park in Greenock. Local rivals are St Mirren.

## References
Partick Thistle F.C.

**Partick Thristle** (or the *Jags*) plays thair gemmes at Firhill Park in Maryhill in the north end o Glesga.

## References
Albion Rovers F.C.

**Albion Rovers F.C.** (or the *Wee Rovers*) plays thair gemmes at Cliftonhill Pairk in Coatbrig.  Foondit in 1882 as the result o an amalgamation o twa ither teams, the club jynt the Scots Fitbaw League initially in 1903 afore returnin in 1919 an, awtho thay hae spent maist o thair time in the lawer divisions. The club war relegatit follaein the 2022–23 season efter losin agin The Spartans 2–1 ower twa gemmes. Thay are playin in the Lowland League the nou.

## Soorces
Berwick Rangers F.C.

**Berwick Rangers F.C.** (or the *Borderers*) is a fitbaw team. Thay'r frae Sou Berik in Ingland, but thay play thair gemmes in the Scots Fitbaa League. The club plays thair gemmes at Shielfield Park in Tweedmooth juist tae the sooth o the River Tweed in Northumberland.
Arbroath F.C.

**Arbroath Football Club** are a Scots fitbaw club currently playin in the Scottish League Two. The club wur foondit in 1878 an play hame matches at Gayfield Park. Thay play in maroon strips, an are elknamit "the Red Lichties" due tae the reid licht that uised tae guide fishin boats back frae the North Sea tae the burgh's harbour. Arbroath share a lang-staundin an fierce rivalry wi local neighbours Montrose.
Queen's Park F.C.

**Queen's Pairk F.C.** (or the *Speeders*) plays thair gemmes at the naitional stadium, Hampden Pairk, in the sooth end o Glesga. The club is the auldest in Scotland but disna pey thair players as they hiv chuisen tae bide amateur decades efter aw thair rivals gaed professional in the early 1880s.

## References
Fort William F.C.

**Fort William F.C.** (aka The Fort) play thair gemmes at Claggan Park in The Fort.  They finished wi -7 pynts, efter losin pynts fur fieldin an ineligible player.

## References
Scots coonties

Scotland wis laid oot as 34 **coonties** ower the coorse o the 18t, 19t an 20t centuries. They wis duin awa wi as offeecial bodies in 1975 bi the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973, that replaced them wi airts o Scotland, island council airts an the lieutenancy airts o Scotland.

Though the coonties theirsels dinna hae offeecial status ony mair, some o thair names is aye in uiss. The Scots Laund Register uises the same boonds as the umwhile coonties, but keeps Glesca apairt an pits Orkney an Shetland thegither. The boonds stayed in uiss, forby, in a chynged form as postal coonties o the Unitit Kinrick till 1996.  

## List

#Caithness
#Sutherland
#Ross-shire
#Cromartyshire
#Inverness-shire
#Nairnshire
#Morayshire
#Banffshire
#Aberdeenshire
#Kincardineshire
#Angus
#Perthshire
#Argyll
#Bute
#Ayrshire
#Renfrewshire
#Dunbartonshire
#Stirlingshire
#Clackmannanshire
#Kinross-shire
#Fife
#West Lothian
#Mid Lothian
#East Lothian
#Berwickshire
#Roxburghshire
#Dumfriesshire
#Kirkcudbrightshire
#Wigtownshire
#Lanrickshire
#Selkirkshire
#Peeblesshire

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:Zetland (Shetland)
:Orkney
Inverurie Loco Works F.C.

**Inverurie Loco Works F.C.** are a senior fitbaw club that currently play in the Hieland League in Scotland.

## Staff

The current managers are Kenny Coull and Scott Buchan. Assistit by Iain Alexander, Chris Ainslie and Craig Stratton.

## Senior Honours

Highland Football League
***runners-up**: 2004&ndash;05, 2005&ndash;06, 2006&ndash;07

Scottish Qualifying Cup
***winners**: 2004&ndash;05, 2005&ndash;06

Aberdeenshire Shield
***winners**: 2005&ndash;06
***runners-up**: 2003&ndash;04, 2004&ndash;05

Fosters Cup
***winners**: 2007&ndash;08

SFA North Region Challenge Cup
***winners**: 2008&ndash;09

## Current squad

## Fremmit Airtins
* Inverurie Loco Works FC (Official Website) 
* Main Sponsor - John Bell Pipeline
* Unofficial Twitter Page
Rothes F.C.

**Rothes F.C.** is a fitbaw team that plays thair gemmes at Mackessack Park in Rothes, near tae Elgin. They play in the .
Anarchism

**Anarchism** as a poleitical idea, is ane that gaes agin hierarchy. Monie fowk haes unalike conceits anent whit anarchism means. It's nae chaos, but it's nae sae orderly aither. Anarchists believes in evenlyness, an maist believes in solidarity an social juistice forby. In place o whit is kent as authoritarian poleetical structurs an coercive economic institutions, anarchists advocates social relations foondit upon voluntary association o autonomous indiveeduals, cooperation, mutual aid, an sel-governance. Several Scottish anarchist organisations (sic as the Edinbro chapter o Classwar!) wis active in the successfu Anti-Poll Tax Muivement o the airly 1990s.

## Weel-Kent Anarchists
* Emma Goldman, Latvian-Americaen Anarchist an Feminist
* Peter Kropotkin, Roushan Anarchist
* Pierre-Joseph Proudhon, the first sel-cried Anarchist

### Leet o Prominent Scottish Anarchists
* Stuart Christie
* Ramsey Kanaan
* Ethel MacDonald
* John Henry Mackay
* John McGovern (politician)
* Grant Morrison
* Alexander Trocchi

## See an aw
* Socialism
* Anti-Poll Tax Muivement

## Fremmit airtins

Ettles an Principles
Californie

**Californie** is a state in the Unitit States o Americae, on the wast coast. Californie haes the maist indwallers o aa the States o the U.S., an is the third lairgest state bi aurie. The state is the maist physically, and ane of the maist demographically diverse forbye. If Californie wis an unthirlt kintra, it woud hae the 6t lairgest economy in the warld (efter the rest o the U.S., Japan, Germany, the Unitit Kinrick, an the Fowkrepublic o Cheenae). The state's offeecial byname is "The Gowden State," hairkin back tae California's 1849 Gowd Rush.

## References
Otto von Bismarck

Prince **Otto Eduard Leopold von Bismarck-Schönhausen,** Duke o Lauenburg (1 Aprile, 1815 – 30 Julie, 1898) wis a weel-kent German aristocrat an statesman o the 19t century in Europe. As Prime Meenister o Proushie frae 1862 tae 1890, he wis maistlins responsible for unitin the monie unthirlt German kintras an for foondin the German Empire in 1871. He became the first chancellor o the new Empire.

He wis Graf von Bismarck-Schönhausen (Coont Bismarck-Schönhausen) in 1865, syne 1871 Fürst von Bismarck (Prince Bismarck) an syne 1890 the Herzog von Lauenburg (Duke o Lauenburg). At first he didna want the teetle o duke, but he teuk it later onywey.

Bismarck wis gey conservative an he wis weel connectit tae the monarchy. He wisna a big uphauder o democracy. His maist important ettle wis tae mak Proushya stranger an he won that throu the unitin o Germany. Bismarck ettelt tae hinder the socialist muivement an tae reduce the pouer o the Roman Catholic Kirk. Ae road tae hinder socialism wis tae mak the warkin-cless mair content. He did that bi introducin monie social reforms lik public halth an accident insurance, as weel as pensions for auld fowk.

## Quote
* "Law is like sausage: Gin ye're tae respect it, it's nae guid peyin ower muckle tent tae the wey it's pitten thegither."

Retrieved frae "http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_von_Bismarck"
Thomas Jefferson

**Thomas Jefferson** (13 Aprile 1743 – 4 Julie 1826) wis ane o the foondin faithers o the Unitit States o Americae. He wrate the Unitit States Declaration o Unthirldom an wis efter the third Preses o the Unitit States. He wis a snar constructionist, meanin he believed the federal govrenment alane haed pouers leemitit tae juist whit wis written in the Constitution, an naething mair. E'en sae, he brak his ain staundart bi sendin navy ships tae Algiers an bi buyin the Louisiana Territory frae Fraunce, baith o whit wisna pouers grantit in the Constitution. He wis verra sib wi the Anti-Federalists, a group that thocht the Constitution gien ower muckle pouer tae the naitional govrenment, awtho durin the ratification collieshangie, he threapit tae be on naither side.

Maist historians nou believe that, efter the daith o his wife in 1782, he haed a relationship wi his slave Sally Hemings an faithered at least six o her bairns.

## References
Michelangelo

**Michelangelo di Lodovico Buonarroti Simoni** (6 Mairch, 1475 - 18 Februar, 1564) wis an airtist, airchitect an writer. Ane o his best kent warks is the *[[Michelangelo's David|Dauvit]]*. He bade in Italy in Renaissance times. He coud pent wi baith haunds. Whan the ae haund wis forfochen, he uised the tither haund.

## Warks
A puckle o his best kent warks:
* Pietà
* Dauvit
* Moses
* The Creation o Adam

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Kurów

**Kurów** is a smaa toun in sooth-eastern Poland, locatit atween Puławy an Lublin. It is the caipital o a gmina athin Lublin Voivodship. It haes 2811 indwallers, as o 2005.
Latvie

The **Republic o Latvie** (, ), for ordinar kent as **Latvie** juist, or whiles **Lettland**, is a kintra in nor-aestren Europe.

Ane o the three Baltic States alang the Baltic Sea, it mairches ontae Estonie tae the north, Roushie tae the east, Belaroushie tae the sooth-east, an Lithuanie tae the sooth.

## References
Burgh

A **Burgh** is an autonomous corporate entity, for ordinar a toun, an haes been in uiss in Scotland syne the 12t century. Recogneetion o burgh status houaniver haes little mair nor ceremonial vailie.

The heid o a burgh is cried a Provost. Maist ryal burghs hauds the teetle for ceremonial purposes, wi the merkit exception o the Scots ceeties.

Burghs haed richts tae representation in the Pairlament o Scotland. Unner the Acts o Union 1707 mony becam pairliamentary burghs, representit in the Pairliament o Great Breetain. 

Unner the Reform Act o 1832, 32 year efter the mellin o the Pairliament o Great Breetain intae the Pairliament o the Unitit Kinrick, the burgh boonds for pariliamentary elections wisna necessar their boonds for ither purposes.

Whan Scots coonty councils wis shaped unner the Local Government (Scotland) Act o 1889 burghs wis awreadies important in the local government o Scotland. Coonty cooncils an burgh cooncils wis baith abolished unner the Local Government (Scotland) Act o 1973, that shaped a new seestem o regions an destricts an island cooncil areas.

## Kynds o Burgh
There's a wheen kynds o burgh:
* Ryal burgh
* Burgh o regality 
* Burgh o barony
* Pairliamentary burgh
* Polis burgh 

## Etymology
As uised in this airticle, the wird *burgh* refers tae corporate entities that's legality is peculiar tae Scotland. (Scots law wis pertectit an uphauden as distinct fae the laws of Ingland under the Acts of Union o 1707.

The wird haes cognates, or near cognates, in ither Germanic leids. For example, *[[burg]]* in German, an *[[borg]]* in baith Dens an Swadish; the equeevalent wird can be fund in Frisie, Dutch, Norse, an Icelandic.

The wird *burgh* comes fae the Auld Inglis wird *burh* (wi dialect variants includin *[[broch]]*). The Anglo-Saxon wird wis oreeginally uised for a fortifee'd toun an wis sib wi the verb *beorgan* (cf. Dutch an German *bergen*), meanin "tae haud, sauf, mak siccar". In German, *[[:de:Burg|Burg]]* means *[[castle]]*, tho sae mony touns growed up aboot castles that it near haund cam tae mean *[[ceety]]*, an is incorporate intae mony placenames, sic as Hamburgh an Strasburgh).

## See an aw
*Scots Burghs