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When Christopher Columbus first spotted Martinique, he said it was one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen, and with its gorgeous yet rugged mountainous terrain, which is covered by lush exotic flowers and vegetation; it's not hard to see what...
Better to make your own ice-cream So many of the ice-creams in the shops are not what they seem to be. A Shop Vanilla ice-cream is more likely not to contain any vanilla. For Vanilla is very expensive so they will insert something else into the ice-cream...
Takes the biscuit An ironic twist of 'To surpass everything else that has happened; to be worse than anything' ie: His last comment really took the biscuit Variations: Take the cake (predominantly a Nth American saying) Took the biscuit Origins: The word...
Prodigy Try Prodigy — a free, game-based math platform aligned with curricula — to engage while reinforcing lesson content and teaching essential skills. Borrowing elements from video games such as Pokémon, students use Prodigy to compete in math duels...
Prayer to Saint John Eudes O God, Who, to rightly promote devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary, hast wonderfully inflamed blessed John Thy confessor, and through him hast willed to assemble new families in Thy Church;...
In Scotland, sectarianism is most often related to the bigotry displayed between some Protestants and Roman Catholics. If you asked young people why this was the case, they would, most likely, not be able to tell you. So, without, at this stage, getting...
A handshake What is a handshake? The handshake has existed in some form or another for thousands of years, but its origins are somewhat murky. One popular theory is that the gesture began as a way of conveying peaceful intentions. By extending their empty...
Should we buy biscuits Unless you can afford top dollar, almost all biscuits on the shelves are laced with glucose-fructose syrup and palm oil both of which the world seems to be awash in and which the food industry is pumping into all sorts of things...
Trees in the Sahara desert The Saharan cypress is one of the world’s oldest trees, with ages in excess of 2000 years. The trees are the relict species of a Saharan forest, from a time when the area had a milder, more Mediterranean climate. Today, the...
The Threat to Religious Freedom in Scotland Religious freedom is the bedrock of all other freedoms. Freedom of speech, freedom of assembly, freedom of the press. Religious freedom is not the freedom to disobey the law or be exempt from the law because...
The Book about Moomin, Mymble and Little My was the first Moomin picture book by Finnish author Tove Jansson, published in 1952 in Swedish. Moomintroll is taking milk back home to his mother, Moominmamma when he meets The Mymble who is searching for her...
non-recyclable plastic is killing our marine life un-necessarily There must be put under direct pressure by consumers on the multi-nationals that put non-recyclable plastic onto our food products. If we avoid buying things with unnecessary plastic packaging...
In a time that the old people still remember it was a habit among Germans in the Baltics, that if you visited your neighbour - where you couldn't announce your intention as nobody had a phone- you were bound by convention to bring along a certain sort...
Māori language experts say that the Maori language has never been more widely used, normalised or respected. The dark days, they say, of Māori speakers being beaten and punished are long gone. Maori is now being highly respected with lessons everywhere...
Tourism is heralded as an economic saviour, but the fact is that, unlike other economic activities, its negative consequences in environmental and social aspects are more complex and hidden. It can be just as damaging as industrial activity, with the...
. The use of fire as a means for cooking, heating and hunting was one of the first major developments of human civilization. Fire is one of nature's most essential agents of change, and mankind has often used fire in this capacity. Fire can also be an...
In the United States, nearly nine out of 10 wildfires are caused by people not being careful. Help prevent these types of fires by learning to be careful and helping others do the same. Make sure that the grownups building the next campfire follow all...
“ The law of attraction is the name given to the maxim “like attracts like” which in New Thought philosophy is used to sum up the idea that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts a person brings positive or negative experiences into their life....
It's not the state, but parents, who are charged with the education of their children - the default position is to delegate that responsibility to schools - please check the Education Act. Every single home educating family I know, or know of, IS visible...
Silver Birch Often perceived as a weed, this rapidly growing pioneer species is a friend of the woodsman or woodswoman and can fulfil many needs. It’s easy to recognise by its distinctive silvery bark and matchstick-thin twigs with a purple-burgundy sheen...
Music can have many positive affects on a person’s health A person’s blood pressure, heart, and respiratory rates are a few of the things that people benefit from listening to calming music (Brain Development). Another way it can improve your health is...
It’s a known fact that we (adults) absorb 60% of what we put on our skin. Over time, that’s a lot of toxic yuck- and it accumulates! There’s a difference between putting things on your skin compared to in your mouth. Because at least the enzymes in your...
Ally bally, ally bally bee,Sittin' on yer mammy's knee,Greetin' for a wee bawbee, (crying) (a halfpenny) Tae buy some Coulter's candy. (to) Poor wee Jeanie's gettin' awfy thin, (awfully) A rickle o' banes covered ower wi' skin, (bones) (over) Noo she's...
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER When good King Arthur reigned, there lived near the Land’s End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack. He was brisk and of a ready lively wit, so that nobody or nothing could worst him. In...
Barnacle geese The south and west coast of Scotland is an internationally important winter home for 60,000 barnacle geese and almost half of them are found on Islay. The sight and sounds of a skein of geese, thousands strong. passing overhead at dusk...
