Jim Hewitson's Scottish Miscellany

2003 Humor

Author : Jim Hewitson
Release : 2003
Genre : Humor
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Book Rating : 848/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Jim Hewitson's Scottish Miscellany written by Jim Hewitson. This book was released on 2003. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jim Hewitson's Scotland is a gey strange place. And this broth of off-cuts from the past, contemporary attitudes, outlandish lists, absurd tables, historical and hysterical trivia and off-the-wall observations is certainly one of the most curious Scottish books of the new millennium. In it, facts and figures collide with couthy anecdotes and unlikely yarns, all of which are shot through with that mystical ingredient which Jim has been trying to drag to the surface for thirty years: Scottishness. - What are the ten most obscure clan mottoes? - Which is the wettest place in Scotland? - What are the most frequently used reponses to Scotland's beggers? - And is the Glasgow Underground haunted? By the time you've got to the end of this miscellany, you'll be no nearer finding out who you are but you will be able to answer a thousand questions which no one has ever thought to ask before.

Scottish Miscellany

2003-10-07 History

Author : Jim Hewitson
Release : 2003-10-07
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 291/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Scottish Miscellany written by Jim Hewitson. This book was released on 2003-10-07. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ever wondered what some of the weirdest productions of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe have been? Has it crossed your mind that you don't actually know which Scottish city has the honour of being twinned with the Russian town of Piskov (mind you don't drop that , now)? If so, then this is the book for you. Crammed fuller than a haggis, Jim Hewiston's Scottish Miscellany is jam-packed with lists, tables, top tens, recipes and bizarre phenomena relating to oor braw wee country. But there's more! Did you know, for example, that our ludicrous saying 'A midge is as big as a mountain, amaist' is possibly outdone in terms of ridiculousness by Bulgaria's 'Dry pants catch no fish'?

Seekers Guide To Harry Potter

2010-05-11 Literary Criticism

Author : Trevarthen
Release : 2010-05-11
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Book Rating : 492/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Seekers Guide To Harry Potter written by Trevarthen. This book was released on 2010-05-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Seize this opportunity to look more deeply into the narrative themes, symbols and mythic elements encountered in the Harry Potter books. Drawing from diverse spiritual and scholarly sources, The Seeker's Guide to Harry Potter offers seekers of all kinds an open-minded guide to the rich layers of meaning and symbolism we encounter in all seven of the novels.

Does Anyone Like Midges?

2013-02-21 Humor

Author : Jim Hewitson
Release : 2013-02-21
Genre : Humor
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 837/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Does Anyone Like Midges? written by Jim Hewitson. This book was released on 2013-02-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humorous, informative and oddly intriguing Scottish questions are answered. After the success of the internationally bestselling "Does Anything Eat Wasps?", here are all the particularly Scottish questions people never knew they wanted answered, like: Is it true that most Scottish fishermen can't swim? How do you go about proving your claim to the throne of Scotland? Where in Scotland is the wettest place in Europe? Are Aberdonians really the dourest of the dour and meanest of the mean? Was Scotland really named after a bunch of Irish pirates? Was high-rise housing such a bad idea? Are half the children in Scotland now born to unmarried parents? What makes Scots angry? And has anyone ever been killed by Highland midges? A wheen of queries about Scotland and the Scots, this is a miscellany of the unlikely but true in one of the strangest wee countries in the world. With one hundred questions handily arranged by category, "Does Anyone Like Midges?" is a compendium of the most perplexing and timeless Scottish questions, big and not-so-big, that have somehow escaped answer until now, each one authoritatively dealt with in a manner sure to illuminate and flabbergast in equal measure.

The Publishers Weekly

2004 American literature

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Release : 2004
Genre : American literature
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