When: March 9th @ 2:00 PM (8:00 PM in Scotland)
Where: Cumbernauld, Scotland, United Kingdom
Who: Nicole Barr
The next stop is Cumbernauld, Scotland! We are gonna be talking to Nicole!
The most common known dish in Scotland is haggis. Haggis is just boiled sheep stomach. In most every single town in Scotland there is a castle. The government is set up into 4 parties. The highest party is the First Minister. One of the biggest misconceptions in Scotland is that they are stingy. The scenery in Scotland is some of the most beautiful in the world. There is about a 6 hour difference in American time in Scotland. It is snowing in Scotland as we speak. Their weather is cold almost all the time.The national holidays are different, but kinda similar, like Christmas, and they do have another called Box Day. This is where they get the day off of work and spend the day packing up their trees and spending time with family. They use the currency pounds. They have grade level competitions like in Harry Potter. The Loch Ness is a lake, and the water is very mucky, and it is hard to see. Fishermen there make a lot of money. The leading industry is oil companies.
The current fashion is mainly flared pants, and kilts are traditional fashion. Men mainly play the bagpipe. The movie Brave is a really good representation of Scotland. Words that are different there; "Pants" is underwear, and "pants" to us are called "trousers" there. Highschool starts at 11 years old and you can stay there until you are 15. The national animal is a Unicorn! They don’t have American football or baseball. They do have soccer and basketball. Scottish people do not like cricket at all. The English and Scottish have a really long grudge going; some say it’s a joke but to most it’s so very real. They have McDonalds, KFC, Dominoes, and Burger King. The traditional is known as a céilí, at weddings is when the typically do a céilí scottish dance.
