Harry Potter and the Kingdom of Scotland
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- What have Harry Potter and Scotland got in common? Scottish history tour guide, Bruce Fummey gains inspiration from The Declaration of Arbroath and the young wizard born in Edinburgh to look into the soul of Scotland
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As a Scottish history tour guide people ask: Help me plan a Scottish holiday, or help me plan a Scottish vacation if your from the US. So I've tried to give a bit of history, but some places of interest in Scotland as well.
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Dear Bruce, my husband and I love your channel and watch pretty much every video that you publish. You are an important reason why we plan to travel to Scotland one day.
Secondly, from circa 2000 to 2018-2019 my children and I were avid Harry Potter fans. I read all the books aloud to them, and they played pretend Quiddish in the yard with their friends and cosplayed various HP characters, especially for Halloween.
Sure, we did feel uncomfortable about the Star of David on the floor of Gringots bank in the first movie, the often abusive dynamic between Hermione and Ron, and the lack of queer characters. For many years, though, we overlooked such things because of all the magical details.
In 2018 and especially 2019, things changed. My son is a trans man, and I, his birth parent, am agender. It is beyond words to describe how much it has hurt to follow J.K. Rawling's descend into supporting people who, quite literally, do not want us to exist.
I urge you to watch the below listed videos by former Harry Potter fans to understand what a proverbial keg of gun powder the Harry Potter topic is (and there are many, many more such videos by many, many CZcamsrs: sad, angry, scared, and disappointed).
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Declaration of Arbroath? Of course I have Brucey! 😂 All Wedgies aren't that thick!
@ScotlandHistoryTours Can you please do a video and target it to a few political leaders in Scotland and England, to push for reconciliation for Scotland, and an official apology for atrocities done to our ancestors. Also to give citizenship to the descendants of those who were kicked off their lands, unite and heal Scotland..
I've looked for the video on the Scots of Dal Riada but can't find it. Anyone have a link?
Bruce, Great Presentation As Always, Maby Nessie & The Unicorn 🦄, are The Same Entity,=>Kelpie?!
Thoughts???!
What About The Orkney Scapa Flow Area Not To Mention, The Biteing Viking Berserker Chess Piece?!
Gotta be the "Wellcome to Scotland" sign at the border..every scot breathes a sigh of relief seeing that as they kniw they are home 😊
So true!
“Breathes a sigh of relief” LOUDLY enough to get startled looks from other drivers 😂
We always shout Hooooch! 🤣
I always give my horn a toot toot,
Caledonias calling me , and now I'm go-ing home.........
"when your wife expects more than a firm handshake on your anniversary." 🤣
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When you said "that traffic cone," I, a Czech, squealed in delight and knew exactly which traffic cone, despite never having been to Scotland; so I think it is indeed a spot on choice. 😁
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours (Aussie here) Some years ago I was in Sydney - there was a statue of Governor Lachlan Macquarie that some wag had climbed upon and placed an orange traffic cone atop. As far as I know it's still there! Wonder if it was a Scots tourist?
A large amount of the soul of Scotland is buried on Culloden Moor. When I visited in the late sixties the moor was a commercial forestry plantation interspersed with gravestones. People, increasingly annoyed, wandered about sharing information about the whereabouts of clan monuments. I was furious that the Scots valued the place so little that it was not even preserved properly and with dignity. Now that has been happily remedied. I have walked the ruined remains of a concentration camp but Culloden Moor is possibly on a par as one of the saddest, most melancholic places I have ever visited.
Not all that long ago, I found myself parked late at Culloden, and ended up exploring the whole site for more hours than I should have. When I got back to the car, the whole place was locked up and deserted. Couldn't get out. I was faced with having to sleep in the car by that spooky, desolate, sad place. That was when a chap suddenly appeared from the far side of a lone vehicle in the car park. It was the caretaker, who'd locked up and then waited most patiently for me to return from my explorations. He was very good-natured about it. I'm English by origin. Looks like the ghosts of Culloden are more forgiving than we think for those terrible events of yore.
@@marklammas2465 That's 'cos Culloden was not a Scots v English battle...
@@douglasherron7534 yes, and part of the tragedy of Culloden is that the Highlanders died fighting for one of the biggest and most overrated arseholes in British history who had zero actual interest in Scotland and actually had wanted to make himself King of England (by force of arms no less). That Culloden is a sad and melancholic place is wholly appropriate.
Good luck moving it about though.
@@johnmurray2995 Can't disagree with you... particularly the last sentence - though it has been nearly 40 years since I was there.
As someone that was born in Scotland but grew up in New Zealand. Being in the same room as the Declaration of Arbroath was one of the most moving experiences of my life I've never felt that much pride for a country ive only live in for the first 5 years of my life
you describe a near-perfect life
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A Traffic Cone as a 'Horcrux' for Scotland, LOVE IT. Knocking down the authority of the Duke of Wellington a peg or two, plus defying the Counsel in the process, I find Hilarious. Especially since I am an American with Scottish ancestry (3rd generation on my mother's side).
I simply love your videos, I'm getting so much information about my family's history.
Robert Burns' writing desk from Dumfries comes to mind as a Scottish horcrux.
The desk in the Alloway Burns Museum releases it's magic around the world every New Years with the singing of Auld Lang Syne.
Wonderful video, Bruce!
That's interesting. I looked up Robby Burns the other night, found My Love is Like a Red Rose and Tam O'Shanter. I listend to them, I actualy want to find the one abaut the mouse but got lead astray🙂
I live in Italy and there are translations in Italian 😃🤣🤣😝
Michelle, the poem you want is "To A Mouse". I hope it translates well into Italian.
I'm not Italian, I'm Scottish. Thanks I'll look it up this evening. My Father raconted one about daisy's ? With some pink on their petals?
@@michellewatters1386 Maybe "To A Mountain Daisy"? Crimson petals in that one.
Agreed 💯📖
My vote is for Bruce you're a Scottish treasure!
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@@ScotlandHistoryTours just saw you on "The Lost King" Bruce.. what a surprise 😮 🎉 awesome you were in it!!
There is a theory that due to Voldermort using 3 items from other houses, he did want to use the Sword of Gryffindor, he just wasn't able to get his hands on it as it only appears to a Gryffindor in need. It also was only able to destroy Horcrux's because it is a goblin blade and is enchanted to make it take on what will make it stronger, which seen as it stabbed the Basilisk, it was in imbued with Basilisk Venom which can destroy Horcrux's. So technically when Voldermort was first making Horcrux's it couldn't destroy one, meaning Wallace's sword could be appropriate
For me No.7 would be the bagpipes, For their music sings to the heart of every Scotsman, no matter how far from Scotland they have ventured, and makes them think of home. 🏴
Caledonias calling me....
If it had been preserved I would have chose the three legged stool Jenny Geddes threw in 1637.
However, there is a bronze sculpture on display at St. Giles Cathedral.
Oh that's a great choice! It needs hurled again.
Hi Bruce! Very interesting show this is! Taught me a few modern things I didn't know about. (The cone on Wellington's head is hilarious!) I love your humorous side but I'm taking a more serious one here. I'm not from Scotland but my father's people were. After also watching a few films from the thirties and forties, I've decided that a brick from the first burned out croft should be the final horcrux. This happened all over Scotland for centuries as a way of controlling its people. Several rulers and governments over time did this. True, it chased a good number of folks away (incuding my father's family) but it instilled a resolve within the remaining people not only to free Scotland from tyrany but to keep its identity and ways as well. Watching your village and its way of life torn to shreds for another's profit and gain is the basis of Scottish strength in modern times. Making the remaining folk dependent on 'government' handouts in exchange for forgetting their own identies actually burned those identities into them. These things are and will never be forgotten. I use the croft brick because it's the most tangible and recent atrocity in memory. The fight and longing for freedom starts here. I wager it remain until the last Scot dies: in other words, it will be eternal.
“ It is in truth not for glory, nor riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself.” Is the greatest quote I have heard. Those words reach into my soul.
We lost. We all lost.
And now it seems that the second home of many Scots families, ours being one, the USA is losing our freedom and honor as well. So many of us are heart broken at what is happening here now too. 😢
@@kathybray2838 Alas, the fight for freedom is a battle without end. Those who would make us slaves to their will are a constant threat. But they can only succeed if we who wish to be free stop fighting. It is easy to lose heart when it seems the enemy is winning but, do not lose hope. There are still free people ready to make the fight.
For this reason I find the Declaration relevant to the US as well--despite the apparent fact that its "money quote" comes from an ancient Latin text. It's still true enough!@@kathybray2838
One horcrux could be the Fairy Flag of Dungaven. Also The Kelpies in Falkirk.
I'm not a royalist. But the Honours of Scotland (Scottish Crown Jewels). Would fit the bill as a horcrux. Having an ancient history. Including surviving Cromwell (unlike the English Crown Jewels). As well as the association with many kings and Scottish heroes down the centuries. This includes being lost after the Union of the Crowns. Only to be rediscovered by Sir Walter Scott.
The Traffic Cone is brilliant! t is a material representation of the Scots' determination and sense of humor! As for that goal, whether you're a Scotland fan or not, that was an incredible goal! Legendary on any football pitch!!! My final choice is a bottle of the finest whisky made in Scotland.
Bruce, your list of Horcruxes would not be complete (in my opinion) without something that reflects one of the most soul wrenching episodes of Scottish history, namely - the clearances.
But the item I propose is not instantly recognizable by Scots or the Scottish diaspora. It is - like the Declaration of Arbroath - a document. Many (if not most) will not even have heard of it. It's called "The Statutes of Iona" of 1609.
It was the match that lit the flame of self-righteous hatred of the Highland Clans, required future leaders to be educated in English, destroy the language of the Gaels, and even gave the Church's blessing to the concept of throwing these "vagabonds" off of their lands. Started as a Protestant salvo against those Clans still Catholic, it evolved way beyond religious fanaticism into a open season on marginal communities so that "Gentlemen" might have the rich trappings of their Southern counterparts.
It required the Clan chiefs to spend enormous amounts of money which led to the insidious grasping for income that drove the "improvements" leading to the clearances. And the greed overtook local bias, extending to Lowland areas, as the desire for wealth and power overpowered traditional obligations to the populations of common people.
So, being consistent with the soul-tearing process required to create a horcrux - including causing death, if I recall correctly: I propose The Statutes of Iona.
Or what about The Monarch of the Glen? That was the eventual result of the clearances, after all
The original royal crown jewels of Scotland. I came all the way to Edinburgh to see them.
Have a translated copy of the Declaration in my hall landing in Leeds, that I bought in Arbroath. A great read! "Will ye tell that big boy tae leave us alain!"
The fitbaw one isnae a horcrux.... But I put these last two to you:
The writings of rabbie burns, auld Lang syne is know the world over.
The iconic saltire flag, it invokes a pride in a lot of people, a reminder of home and a hope for better things.
These aren't objects. Archie Gemmil's boot is at least an object
@@ScotlandHistoryTours the original writing pages of rabbie surely is, and the flag is an object but I get you now it'll need to be the original object not one that's replicated or multiples of.
I'd agree with the fitbaw mad folks that the goalposts or grass of Wembley after the Scotland win in 1967 could be one though.
I'll tell ye what, it's a tough thing given that most of what we pride ourselves in isn't materialistic really.
Maybe we're no a materialistic nation, instead we take more pride in our culture and people and beliefs than gold or jewels or trinkets.
I prefer the Lion Rampant as Scotland's flag, no religious nonsense involved in that one.
Hi Bruce, love this little thing of yours. For my last pick for a horcrux it'd have to be King Robert's heart, or a can of Irn Bru.
Good choices
I would throw in a highland Cow and a stone from an abandoned highland crofters home. Actually this would make an interesting series. Different set of objects that reflect different eras or aspects of Scotland and their hidden history.
The chunkiest one
I love this idea.
Went to see declaration of arbroath, far more moving than I imagined it would be ( esp as I am an english immigrant to Scotland!)
When I had an office, I had a framed copy of the Declaration of Arbroath hanging on the wall, along with a copy of the Magna Carta, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution.
Suggested Scottish horcruxes. Well you did ask.
1. A book of all the poems of Robert Burns.
2. The Standing Stones of Callanish.
3. Billy Connolly's Banana boots.
4. A bottle of Irn Bru.
I well remember that goal. Lived in a council house on the outskirts of Edinburgh and when Archie scored that goal I remember running out onto the street and when I looked both ways along the street you could see guys jumping and screaming as they were doing the exact same thing as me.., celebrating one of the greatest goals ever!!
Haven't felt that good since I slept with Kelly Mcdonald one late Saturday night. Nice flatmates she had.
The Fairy Flag of Dunvegan. Also agree on the Declaration of Arbroath, Nessie, the Stone of Destiny, and The Wallace Sword. Great video. As an American, got me thinking about what would make the horcruxes of the US (declaration of independence, constitution, liberty bell, the actual 'star spangled banner' flag...)
Every country can find own horcruxies..
The mummified body of the scot, John Paul Jones, at the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The 'American Gothic' painting by Grant Wood. Got to see when it was exhibited in Paris. (The painting is extraordinary to see in person). One of Elvis Presley's jumpsuits, maybe the American Eagle one. Jimmy Hendrix guitar. So many choices.
I don't think the Fairy Flag would work for Scotland as a whole, unless the Horcruxes were being made by a McLeod.
Great video! As an American with Scottish heritage, I do know the Declaration of Arbroath. I read an interesting article years ago about its influence on the writing of our own Declaration of Independence. Almost have of the signers of the Declaration of Independence were of Scottish descent, so this makes sense. I love how you interwove that theme with the HP horcruxes. Well done😊
It is Saturday afternoon, you have made me laugh so much 🤣 today the best laugh in ages .I was born at Bridge of Allan and know very well the sword at the monumet, I lived at Dundee but never heard abaut the 'decleration of Arbroath'.
I now live on the Island of Elba, to day is nice and cool, tomorrow hot again.
I will look you up very soon.😂😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it
I'd have to add as a horcrux a poster for Billy Connolly's stand-up show from 1972, the show that included the crucifixion routine that made him famous. Surely that's a Scottish object that changed the world forever
Thank you for highlighting Archie Gemmill. And not once, but twice! Surely his boot is a horcrux. 🍻
How about the People of Scotland as the final Horux? Think about it there's over 5 million of us, that means Scotland's spirit will always remain in perpetuity and just like the Declaration of Arbroath says, as long as there are but 100 of us remaining alive........................
Once read an article around the time of the referendum for nationalism posing the question “should scots who are overseas be allowed to vote?” And the answer was no as there where more Scottish people and first generation living overseas than in Scotland ( the figure was put at approx 10 million). Now that should definitely put them on the list :)
@@davidmitchell7181 even better, the Scottish diaspora now there's a Horux to represent Scotland throughout the ages and the world!
Yes, Scotland is a magic kingdom🏴
Thanks Bruce💙
▪ the "wife and a handshake bit" .... coffee right 0ut my nose, lol!!😄
Here's my list: The Declaration of Arbroath, The Stone of Destiny, Nessie, Iona Abbey, Dumbarton rock, Jenny Geddes stool, The MacCrimmon cairn on Skye. ... PS: "The Traffic Cone" is living happily on Google Streetview. :)
The ball Tony Stanger used to score that try that sent Scotland into ecstasy and England into despair in the 1990 Calcutta Cup and Grand Slam win.
Great idea!
Good shout
Got the declaration on a T-shirt. Ardbroath station has a painting on the southbound platform showing the signing (well the appending of seals) to the declaration.
I learned about the Declaration for the 1st time about 30 years ago. I also went to see it last summer. I won’t lie, I had a huge lump in my throat, my heart ❤️ was full of Scottish 🏴 pride.
As a Scottish American I say bagpipes. In a mass band they vibrate and inspire ya to action. A lone piper can move your soul, it calls to our blood and reminds us of home.
A Scottish lad from Glasgow has recently returned from London where we were both involved in Blood Bowl tournament related play. Lewis has now already run his Inaugural GlssBowl tour and I now better understand the traffic cone attop the Goblin head. Thanks for explaining what I thought might of just been a funny thing for a group of drinkers who play Tabletop games with dice, previously I thought maybe it is because he is young enough to be my son so he tells me 😐
Big up the Scarcrag Snivellers! Oi! Oi! Oi!
Scottish history in popular culture! Love it!!
Where to next? How about Doone castle( Monty Python and the Holy Grail)🙄👍
Aye, I've done stuff at Doune
For me the last Horcrux has got to be the Forth Bridge. Possibly the most beautiful rail bridge in the world. 😎🏴
Possibly the most beautiful? Not possibly, definitely!!!
Bruce's heart 🏴
Looking at tickets for Motherwell Bruce. Took me too long to explain to the wife who you were so her concentration lapsed..So going to take my two big brothers. Sent them a link to your channel last night. So you'll have two new followers. Keep up the good work.. Hope I can buy you a Guinness...a mean a Coffee one day 😉
Wonderful storyteller as always. Well a suggestion from across the pond: The copy of Rob Roy owned by Robert Louis Stevenson.
‘Let’s go for some coffee.’ Then seen taking a sip of leann before the coffee 😂😂
I would say the declaration of Arbroath, Nessie, The Duke of Wellington, One of the bottles that washed up and inspired whisky Galore, the Discovery ship in Dundee and Wallace's sword. Great fun video Bruce, thank you :)
I really enjoy your stories of Scotland. My vote for the seventh horcrux is the cup below the jewel on the oldest of the Honours of Scotland; the sceptre.
The segue in to the ticket sales info was very smooth. 😄
From the title, I was expecting this to be about wealthy people exerting influence over the 2014 Indie Ref.
I was sure that one Horcrux would be a tartan scarf carried back from Argentina in 1978; though, I guess that might be trumped by Archie Gemmill's boot.
Myself the iconic statue of the Edenbough Bobby. Loyality bravery and toughness, all qualities I think of Scotland. Thanks for all. Old Hickory, TN. 🇺🇸🏴
Are you talking about Black Friars Bobby?
@Thurgosh_OG no was talking about the little dog that stayed at his masters grave for 14 years and they made 2 movies about him that I no about
@@Thurgosh_OG Greyfriar's Bobby
@@ianferguson6804 yes, thank you 😁👍
Not gonna lie, the stone of destiny was my first thought. My only thought 😂
What a gorgeous pair of background actors you’ve got there
Nah mate, they're more trouble than theyre worth. Riders, demands oh diva's not the word
Good morning Bruce, another great video for my Saturday morning entertainment. Already looking forward to the next one 👍🏻🇺🇸🏴
Genuinely the best Scottish historian that captures your imagination and makes you feel proud to be Scottish keep up the great work fella 👏🏴
Huge thanks. I don't know that I'd call myself an historian though
How did the Fae Flag of Castle Dunvegan not make it on this list? It’s already imbued with magical properties!
I was ironing and needed something to occupy my mind so put you on Bruce. I'm a Salvo supporter so the Declaration pulled me in. Life is so serious for some of us that a comic interlude is very welcome. However I've never read HP and, what is football? so it must have been your pretty face which held my attention. My last horcrux is the Saltire.
Everyone needs to laugh
A can of Irn Bru....the saviour of all those suffering from a hangover
See you on the 14th Bruce 👍🙂
I like Archie Gemmel’s boot as an idea - my football related suggestion was going to be a section of the broken crossbar from Wembley.
Great video though - I like the idea of items that acquire significance in the national psyche. Something like the Scottish Crown Jewels seems like it would be suggested, but don’t actually have any resonance with people in the way the Traffic Cone does - great suggestion that one.
Rabbie Burn's Address to the Pudding Race "Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face,
Great chieftain o' the pudding-race! " I love eating haggis, in fact I could eat one whole haggis with large generous portions of neeps and tatties.
The traffic cone that sits on the heed of "The Duke of Wellington statue" Glesga 😂😂
If I told you that 1320 was part of my email address would that answer? 😂 one of the best nationally focused museums I’ve ever seen. The stunning foyer, Dolly and from the roof some of the best views of Edinburgh without the cost of a hotel room 😂
Im sure one has to be Billys Fyfies, his big banana boots..... Love the videos Bruce
James Watt's rapture stone next to the Nelson obelisk in Glasgow Green, where he envisioned the condenser in 1765. Another is the Smethwick engine in Birmingham, built in 1779 and still working.
I like the choices, some without question. Long shot statue of a thistle or dragon. Doesn't have to grand, just tucked away has to be sought after. After thought: the platter that Haggis is shown at a Robbie celebration.
It’s got to be ‘Grey Friars Bobby’, cute, loyal and well loved.
Thanks for these videos Bruce. As someone who only recently learned of my Scottish heritage ( I was adopted), I enjoy watching & learning all I can. As for my choice of horcrux's ... I would choose either IRN BRU or maybe some good ole fashioned "Uisge Beatha."
A traffic cone on the Iron Duke's statue. Cool 10/10.
How about Stormcrow's drum of Clanadonia? Not as old as some other suggestions, but wow! That man and his music is marvelous!
Great show Bruce thanks 😊
Alex Salmond is my choice.
1978 I remember it well. Watched without a tv licence in Raeburn Place 😂. Youngsters have so much to learn.
@eilidh8984 Does anyone believe that the detector van actually could detect?
I did eventually get a licence when my weans were wee but haven't had one since September 2014 for obvious reasons 🙃 lol 😆
I do know about the Declaration of Arbroath, only because of my friends from Scotland talking about it on social media. What a creative mind you have, connecting the horcruxes in this way. Brilliant. Thank you for another fantastic video, Bruce and team. P.S. I love Edinburgh.
The National Covenant; St Andrew's Relics; The Saltire; The Crown of Scotland; The Stone of Destiny; The Declaration of Arbroath..... and Mr Bruce Fummey
Btw, seventh horcrux: Peter Capaldi! I know he has a famous third cousin, but Peter has been around like 40 years longer. ;)
I think something golf related would be nice. I have wondered if the carved stone balls weren’t for some form of keep away golf game, like lacrosse 😁. For that fact one of the stone carved balls would make an excellent choice too.
Mine would be the Declaration of Arbroath, the Stone of Destiny, the Cone of Destiny, Wallace's sword, Roy & Ronnie's combolins, and Rabbie Burns' writing desk
Was taught about the Delearation in school! love your videos. I went in to see the scripture myself was in all amazement.
Yes! Thank you!
Great video, Bruce. I have three vessels vying for the last Horcrux, a bottle of Famous Grouse, an empty bottle of Buckfast, but probably a two litre plastic bottle of Irn Bru. I favour the latter, for its ability to rally the Scot 'tae drink again'
It's only moveable in technical terms, because it wouldn't ever be right for it to be anywhere else, but since I was a kid, coming to Scotland regularly on holidays, the Glenfinnan Monument has has horcrux status to me.
It'd take some size of bloke to move it
@@ScotlandHistoryTours Yer nae a wean, Bruce...
Not all horcruxes are pleasant objects - just emotionally powerful. I would include the Henderson Stone at Glencoe.
Good one
Brilliant as always Bruce! As an American, the clear parallels between the Declaration of Arbroath and our own Declaration of Independence from England are so meaningful. I thought about bagpipes (particularly the Highland Pipes), but that wonderful instrument is shared by many Celtic cultures - not just the Scots. Might I suggest Adam Smith’s epic tome The Wealth of Nations? It would be representative of the Scottish Renaissance and its influence around the world. Finally, in the spirit of Arbroath - and only slightly tongue in cheek (pun intended), my I suggest the Arbroath Smokie?
I think you'll find that you gained independence from Great Britain, of which Scotland is a part.
@@johnfinister5011 Of course you are correct. My apologies. But I think my point about the influence of the Declaration of Arbroath is valid.
I’m assuming you’ve just finished reading the Harry Potter books?
I loved em. Read em all about 20 times 😂
I would add the Book of Deer, the oldest existing writing in Gaelic. I went to see it at Aberdeen Art Gallery last year.
I was half way through writing the traffic cone when you said, that traffic cone 😂
Should definitely be a glass Irn Bru bottle off a building site.
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Thank you for all you and your family do! You are so very appreciated! I can’t wait to get to Scotland! 🙏🏼🕊️❤️🌹📿 I love your videos so much! Your wife is amazing, it’s so beautiful she shoots your videos! I loved the DNA exposing… I just love your knowledge and your channel! Your humor is beyond funny! Thank you so much!🙏🏼
Ah thanks so much
Horcruxes...I'd suggest: one of the pair of glasses worn by the Proclaimers as they recorded "500 miles", the first Irn Bru bottle, the steamer "Waverley", the bucket sat on by Oor Wullie or the 1977 Wembley goalposts mishandled by Scottish fans.
The winning (or any really) stone from the 22 Winter Olympic womens curling.
This was a great episode, thanks!
A Kilt; gotta be a ‘special Kilt out there. The Kilt IS the National Dress of Scotland!!! 🤙🏼🍻🥃
Love it. Used to live in the grass market, Browns place, so I recognize where you are in this vid. I am currently teasing my grand daughter by calling it Barry Potter! Incredible to see platform 9.5 or why. in London's euston
Great video Bruce. How you came up with this just magical. Love it. 🏴
What a coincedence! Ive just recently uploaded videos of edinburgh and about to upload a video of arbroath too.
Great video as always Bruce. 👌
Imaginative, entertaining, and educational. Ye done good, lad.
Not watched it all yet but one that immediately comes to mind is Wallace’s sword. Will see if you list it! 😊
Great video Bruce 👍 thank you
This ones a real gem. Great work.
Glad you like it!
"Control yourself, Agnes!!!" Your JPM (Jokes Per Minute) rate is admirable in this one, Bruce.
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Having only recently been a visitor, I’d pick Greyfriars Bobby Fountain.
Seventh one should be the most powerful. Let just say that power could be in the numbers. So for the last one, me as Serb, I nominate every single barrel for Scottish whisk(e)y!
That is incredible ball control ⚽
A locket of Prince Charlie's hair. It's so difficult to find and destroy because he gave out so many. In order to find the right one you'd have to break into a thousand different museums and rich folks private collects.
You are a gem! My son's gonna love this too. Thanks!
Ah brilliant
Excellent vid,Bruce,upvote for me again : just got a HES Declaration of Arbroath scroll framed for my residence and cant think of any other 'Horcrux',apart from the actual scroll,itself in the NMS ! 🙄
TG no one mentioned the 'fake' Stone of Scone up at Edin.Castle ! 😂
😂Aye true