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4 unusual facts about Scotch


Scotch-Irish

The Ulster Scots people, an ethnic group in Ulster, Ireland who trace their roots to settlers from Scotland and northern England

Scotch-Irish Americans, descendents of Ulster Scots who first migrated to North America in large numbers in the early 18th century

Scotch-Irish American

In reaction to the proposal by Charles I and Thomas Wentworth to raise an army manned by Irish Catholics to put down the Covenanter movement in Scotland, the Parliament of Scotland had threatened to invade Ireland in order to achieve "the extirpation of Popery out of Ireland" (according to the interpretation of Richard Bellings, a leading Irish politician of the time).

In the same year that Webb's book was released, Barry A. Vann published his second book entitled Rediscovering the South's Celtic Heritage.


'S Out

Eddie produces some Scotch and downs the lot, drinking himself into a stupor.

Adrian Lester

Also, in The Day After Tomorrow, Lester had a minor role as Simon, one of the three researchers who drink a toast of "twelve-year-old Scotch" shortly before freezing to death.

Australian painted lady

However, it also feeds on several introduced species, including Capeweed (Arctotheca calendula), Scotch Thistle (Onopordum acanthium), and Lavender (Lavendula officinalis).

Aventure Malgache

Finally when the Vichy government falls, we see that the Vichy official is nothing but a turncoat; in his office he rapidly replaces a portrait of Marshal Philippe Pétain with a portrait of Queen Victoria, and he changes his bottle of Vichy water for bottles of Scotch and soda water.

Bearcreek, Montana

At its peak, Bearcreek and the surrounding communities of Washoe, New Caledonia, Chickentown, Scotch Coulee, International, and Stringtown, had a population of about 3,000 people, most of whom worked in the coal mines.

Bill Mather

For two years he shared a studio in Bristol with Peter Lord and David Sproxton of Aardman Animations and later directed the "Archie the skeleton" commercials for Scotch Videotape and Tina Turner's "Limo-Land - Never in Your Wildest Dreams"; both multi-award winning films for Aardman.

Blame It on the Alcohol

The episode featured cover versions of "Don't You Want Me" by The Human League, sung by Criss and Michele; "One Bourbon, One Scotch, One Beer" by Rudy Toombs, as recorded by George Thorogood, sung by Morrison and Jones; "Tik Tok" by Kesha, performed by Morris and New Directions, and "Blame It" by Jamie Foxx and T-Pain in a rendition by New Directions with Amber Riley and Kevin McHale as leads.

Bo'ness Junction rail crash

On the morning of 27 January 1874 the East Coast Scotch express, having been divided at Edinburgh was due to pass the junction in two portions; the first bound for Glasgow at 07:02 and the second bound for Perth at 07:07, but were running some 8 minutes late.

Down Came a Blackbird

During one of the Scotch-fueled late night conversations between McNulty and Ramírez, he talks about a childhood friend who was an officer in the Army of his home country.

Emergency Shipbuilding program

All the ships to be built were collectively called the Ocean class and to be of an existing British design for 5-hatch cargo ships of about 10,000 tons' load displacement and 11 knots' service speed using obsolete, but readily available, triple-expansion reciprocating steam engine and coal-fired Scotch-type fire tube boilers.

Fuzzy's Grub

It offers traditional British food, being essentially a take-away carvery, specializing in roast meat meals and roast meat sandwiches, as in a Sunday roast (Scotch roast beef, horseradish, roast potatoes, Yorkshire pudding, gravy, pork crackling, etc.).

Hogmanay

The word is first recorded in 1604 in the Elgin Records as hagmonay (delatit to haue been singand hagmonayis on Satirday) and again in 1692 in an entry of the Scotch Presbyterian Eloquence, "It is ordinary among some plebeians in the South of Scotland to go about from door to door upon New-years Eve, crying Hagmane".

Isaac Stephenson

He was born in the Canadian community of Yorkton near Fredericton in York County, New Brunswick to Isaac Stephenson (1790–ca. 1875), a lumberman and farmer born in Ireland of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and Elizabeth (Watson) Stephenson (?–1838), who was born in London.

Isaac Strain

Isaac Grier Strain was born March 4, 1821, in Roxbury, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, of Scots-Irish origin, and died May 14, 1857, in Aspinwall, (alternative name of Colón, Panama) Colombia.

Italian Game

Most grandmasters have largely abandoned the Italian Game in favour of the Ruy Lopez (3.Bb5) and Scotch (3.d4), considering those two openings better tries for a long-term advantage, but the Italian is still popular in correspondence chess, where players are allowed access to published theory, and in games between amateurs.

Jealous Heart

British duo the Tanner Sisters - Frances and Stella - recorded "Jealous Heart" in London 14 October 1949; this version - which retained the lyrics as recorded by Tex Ritter and Al Morgan rather than gender-adjusting them - was released by EMI as HMV#9846 with "Hop Scotch Polka" as the flip.

Leucoptera spartifoliella

Leucoptera spartifoliella is a species of moth in family Lyonetiidae known by the common name Scotch broom twig miner.

Magda's Funny Bits

The character is a Scottish alcoholic, who sought a scotch company as a sponsor.

Malcolm McColm

Born in Cardiff, Wales, he migrated to Australia as a child and was educated at Scotch College, Warwick, Queensland.

Maple Leaf Bar

Poems about it can be found in books and chapbooks such as Mirror Wars and Shards, by Nancy Harris; Body and Soul and Rhythm & Booze, by Julie Kane; and The Everette Maddox Song Book, Bar Scotch and American Waste by Everette Maddox.

Marianus Brockie

He was doctor and professor of philosophy and divinity, and for a period superior of the Scotch monastery at Erfurt.

Martin Honeysett

He has illustrated several books including Sue Townsend's The Queen and I and Dick King-Smith's H.Prince, but is arguably best known for his illustrations in Ivor Cutler's poetry books Gruts, Fremsley and Life in a Scotch Sitting Room.

Methodist Ladies' College

Scotch Oakburn College, Tasmania (Amalgamation of Methodist Ladies' College, Oakburn College and Scotch College)

My Brother and I

Meanwhile, on board a train carriage, a drunken figure with more than a passing resemblance to Mainwaring downs a bottle of Scotch.

New Market, Maryland

John Vincent Atanasoff, Bulgarian-American inventor, created the first binary computer, Atanasoff–Berry Computer, writing the concept in 1937 on a cocktail napkin after having a few glasses of scotch whiskey.

Oliver Perry Temple

In 1897, he published The Covenanter, The Cavalier, and The Puritan, which discusses the origins and contributions of the Scotch-Irish (Temple uses the broader term "Covenanter") in American history.

Pardon My Scotch

Pardon My Scotch was filmed four months after the ratification of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, which ended the American experiment with Prohibition.

Rhigognostis incarnatella

Rhigognostis incarnatella, the Scotch Smudge, is a moth of the Plutellidae family.

Rideau Lakes, Ontario

Rideau Lakes contains many villages and hamlets, including Chaffeys Lock, Chantry, Crosby, Daytown, Delta, Elgin, Forfar, Freeland, Harlem, Jones Falls, Lombardy, Morton, Newboro, Newboyne, Phillipsville, Plum Hollow, Portland, Rideau Ferry, and Scotch Point.

Ryuji Imada

On the Monday following his win, Imada fired a back-nine score of 29 in U.S. Open qualifying at Scotch Valley, in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Scotch Cap Light

In 1945, Anthony Petit was assigned the lighthouse keeper to the Scotch Cap Light as the head of a five-man crew.

Scotch egg

At the Minnesota State Fair, true to fair tradition, Scotch eggs are served on a stick.

Scotch Game

More recently, grandmasters Garry Kasparov and Jan Timman helped to re-popularize the Scotch when they used it as a surprise weapon to avoid the well-analysed Ruy Lopez.

Scotch Old Collegians Football Club

Scotch Old Collegians Football Club (SOCFC) is an Australian Rules Football club located in Torrens Park, South Australia, playing in the South Australian Amateur Football League.

Scotch Taylor

Alistair Innes 'Scotch' Taylor (1925 – 7 February 2004 in Johannesburg) was a South African sportsman who played first-class cricket and hockey for Transvaal, and captained the Transvaal cricket team for four seasons.

Spey River

River Spey, Scotland, important for the scotch whisky distilleries along its banks

The Red Dot

While George is working at his new job, he becomes sexually attracted to a cleaning lady and has sex with her after they both drink "Hennigan's" Scotch, which is a recurring brand in the episode (and series).

Thomas Sword Good

To the Royal Academy he sent in 1820 'A Scotch Shepherd;' 'in 1821 'Music' and 'A Man with a Hare;' in 1822 (the year in which Wilkie's 'Chelsea Pensioners' was exhibited) 'Two Old Men (still living) who fought at the Battle of Minden,' later in the possession of Frederick Locker-Lampson.

William Nelson Page

The circa 1730 Nelson House built by "Scotch Tom" Nelson in Yorktown, Virginia is a National Historical Landmark maintained by the Colonial National Historical Park of the U.S. National Park Service.

Wonderfalls

The DVD set includes all 13 episodes; six commentary tracks by creators Todd Holland and Bryan Fuller, and actors Caroline Dhavernas and Katie Finneran on "Wax Lion", "Crime Dog", "Lovesick Ass", "Safety Canary", "Cocktail Bunny" (with Scotch Ellis Loring) and "Caged Bird"; a behind-the-scenes documentary, an examination of the show's visual effects, and a music video produced for the theme song, "I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls" by Andy Partridge.


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