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And here is a scallop recipe that Gal and I found.

Scallops with Irish Mist

Ingredients:
10 scallops
Flour
2 oz. butter
Parsley, chopped
1 green onion, minced
1/4 cup fresh cream
1 Tbs. Irish Mist Liqueur
2 egg yolks, beaten
salt and pepper
Scallop shells

Method:
Roll scallops in flour and sauté in half the butter for 3 minutes, then add cream,
green onion and parsley. Fold in the Irish Mist, season with salt & pepper. Allow
to cook for another 3 min. Place scallops on scallop shell. Reduce sauce to half
by boiling. Add rest of butter and egg yolks. Whisk together over a gentle heat
until thickened but not boiling and pour sauce over the scallops. Place under hot
grill for 2 minutes and serve immediately.

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

If you are ever in Ireland, get lost like Jurak did and come across a little
old Irish man that does not speak English.

So, it's late and dark. You are in a lost who knows where in your rental car. The
car has a flat tyre. You look in the boot and there is no spare. From out of the
gloom comes a voice. Whatever you heard was in gaeilge and now he is asking you
if you need help (but you don't know that's what he said). You studied well but
you don't know many who speak Irish and you are now talking to the only
non-English speaking Irishman for twenty miles. Some of these phrases might
help.

Phrase: I don't speak Irish
Irish: Níl Gaeilge agam
Pronunciation: kneel gway-il-geh ah-gum (literally 'I don't have Irish')

Phrase: I only speak a little/very little Irish
Irish: Níl ach beagán/beagáinín Gaeilge agam
Pronunciation: kneel okh bweeuh-gawn/bweeuh-gawn-een gway-il-geh ah-gum

Phrase: Please speak a little more slowly
Irish: Níos moille led thoil
Pronunciation: kneess mwell-eh ledh hell (literally 'more slowly please')

Phrase: I don't understand you
Irish: Ní thuigim thú
Pronunciation: knee hig-im hoo

Phrase: Could you say that in English please?
Irish: As Béarla led thoil?
Pronunciation: oss bayr-lah ledh hell? (literally 'in English please?)

Phrase: Could you repeat that?
Irish: Arís?
Pronunciation: ah-reesh? (literally 'again?')

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

I'll see what I can do about that T-shirt, Shan. Will this be allright? I hope the size is ok? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Thanks for the Irish lessons! But next time you have to learn us the language in the beginning of our trip, at the end we have not much use of it anymore, don't you think, Shan? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
Maybe you can go searching for some Scottisch lines? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Irish joke (mind the Irish humour <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> )

Paddy was found dead in his back yard, and as the weather was a bit on
the warm side, the wake was held down to only two days, so his mortal
remains wouldn't take a bad turn. At last his friends laid him in the
box, nailed it shut & started down the hill into the churchyard. As it
was a long, sloping path and the mourners were appropriately tipsy, one
fellow lurched into the gatepost as they entered the graveyard. Suddenly
a loud knocking came from in the box. Paddy was alive! They opened the
box up and he sat up, wide eyed, and they all said, Sure, it's a miracle
of God! All rejoiced & they went back and had a few more drinks but
later that day, the poor lad died. Really died. Stone cold dead. They
bundled him back into his box, and as they huffed and puffed down the
hill the next morning, the priest said, "Careful now, boys; mind ye don't bump the gatepost again"
<img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/suspicion.gif" alt="" />

The player you had a pic on plays for the team we'll rout for <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />. No, not England, but Manchester United, the Red Devils <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />.



This is the arena, Old Trafford, allso known as the Theatre of Dreams <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />. The reason for a link was the big pic. Allmost 800x600...

Übereil

The T-shrit looks great Gal and the size is great. Thank you so much. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Hey, don't knock my Irish lesson. It has taken me this long to learn just that
much. Remember I am not a linguist like you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

I love your Irish joke. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

And we can't leave Ireland without mentioning the Leprechaun. Ube, Hap have you
found that Leprechaun yet? Jurak, I know you've seen him, but I am talking about
the real thinging not the one you might run into after a few to many drinks
at the pub. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />



According to popular belief, a leprechaun possesses a treasure (usually a pot of
gold) which a human may obtain if he succeeds in capturing one, which is extremely
difficult. Even after capture, a person may not take his eyes off of him for an
instant, for then he will vanish.



An Old Irish Story

The Leprechauns had ceased work and were looking at the fairie children.

"God bless the work," one of the tiny faeries said politely.

One of the Leprechauns who had a grey, puckered face and a thin fringe of grey
whisker very far under his chin, spoke.

"Come over here, Seumas Beg," said he, "and I'll measure you for a pair of
shoes. Put your foot up here."

The faerie child did so and the Leprechaun took the measure of his foot with a
wooden rule.

"Now, Brigid Beg, show me your foot," and he measured her also. "They'll be
ready for you in the morning."

"Do you never do anything else but make shoes, sir?" asked Seumas.

"We do not," replied the Leprechaun, "except when we want new clothes, an then
we have to make them, but we grudge every minute spent making anything else
except shoes, because that is the proper work for a Leprechaun. In the night
time we go about the country into people's houses and we clip little pieces off
their money, and so, bit by bit, we get a crock of gold so that if he's captured
by men folk he may be able to ransom himself. But that seldom happens, because
it's a great disgrace altogether to be captured by a man, and we've practiced so
long dodging among the roots here that we can easily get away from them. Of
course, now and again we are caught; but men are fools, and we always escape
without having to pay the ransom at all. We wear green clothes because it is
the color of the grass and the leaves, and when we sit down under a bush or lie
in the grass they just walk by without noticing us."

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

*A sigh of relief* I had no idea who the football guy was that I posted. I am
just glad he was for the right team. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Go, Red Devils, Go, Go, Go
Go, Red Devils, Go
Go, Red Devils
Win! Win! Win!

OK, I think I've got it. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Leprechauns

Just what does a Leprechaun look like and why are they so special? A Leprechaun
(Irish fairy) looks like a little old man. He's about 2 feet tall and dresses like
a shoemaker with a cocked hat and leather apron. A Leprechaun's personality is
described as aloof and unfriendly. They live alone and pass the time by making
shoes. They're special because they also possess a hidden pot of gold.

If you listen closely for the sound of their hammer you might be able to capture
one. If you do you can force him (with the threat of bodily violence) to reveal
where he's hidden his treasure. Be careful! Do not take your eyes off him for if
you do he will surely vanish and your hopes of finding his treasure will vanish
with him.



Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Unless I'm completelly mistaken, me and Hap aren't the kind of pepole who runs into Leprechauns after a few too many drinks at the pub, since we never get a few drtinks at all at any pub anywhere. I hope I'm right, Hap.

Übereil

Oh, thank God. I was worried there for a bit. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

hey people, i wandered all the way to Scotland! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> & i was sober all the time! what the heck?! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />

anyway, since i'm already here, i might as well visit my cousin in Edinburgh.

Info on Scotland

The official language is English, although Gaelic is spoken, primarily in the North and West of Scotland. For your information, the local date and time are available in Gaelic. The Scots language (which has many similarities to English, but also draws on French and Gaelic) is also spoken. Whereas Gaelic is the language of the Highlands & Islands, Scots is the language of the Lowlands.

The national flower is the thistle, although the heather which covers significant moorland areas is also closely associated with the country, providing peat for the fire and, along with lichens, dyes for tartan.

Edinburgh is the second financial centre of the UK and one of the major financial centres of the world. Edinburgh incidentally, is named after Edwin, a king of ancient Northumbria; it has been a Royal Burgh since at least the twelfth century, and has been recognised as the capital of Scotland since the fifteenth.

In the 5th Century the "Scots" came from their home in Ireland and settled in the West of Scotland. The Scots, partially christianised when they came, had Saint Columba as their great missionary, and through him and his followers, built on the work of Saint Ninian converting the Picts and other tribes to christianity. Saint Columba is buried on the sacred island of Iona off the west coast of Scotland.

Flower of Scotland

O Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
Your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.
The Hills are bare now,
And Autumn leaves
lie thick and still,
O'er land that is lost now,
Which those so dearly held,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

Those days are past now,
And in the past
they must remain,
But we can still rise now,
And be the nation again,
That stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

0 Flower of Scotland,
When will we see
your like again,
That fought and died for,
Your wee bit Hill and Glen,
And stood against him,
Proud Edward's Army,
And sent him homeward,
Tae think again.

right now i'm visiting Edingburgh Castle. more info here.

& her eis the Edinburgh city crest (reminds me a lot of Spick & his Exeter crest)

email to Janggut -> So that is what happened to you. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Hope you had a good
visit with your cousin. We're leaving out tomorrow for England. Will stay there
long enough to catch the football game and then be on our way to Scotland. Hope to
catch up with you there at least for a short period of time. You'll have to get
Jurak to tell you about his great trip to Waterford the next time you see him. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

@ Ubereil -> No, no, no not Jurak's kind of leprechauns. I meant the real little
ones that are running all over the country side hiding from the humans. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

@ Hap -> Try to keep Ubereil straight on the kind of leprechauns we're hunting. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

@ Gal, Ireland has been great, and but it is time to move on. Did you say we
caught the plane for England early in the morning or later in the day? I can't
remember. And hey, I just found out that Jags has a cousin in Scotland, maybe Jags
picked up some of the local language from him and can help us out if we run into
him.

Are you ready to root for the Red Devils? England here we come. Hope it is a good
game and our team wins. Go Red Devils!!!!! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Erm... That was what I was saying. Me and Hap aren't the kind of pepole who when we see a Leprechaun have to wonder ifwe had one too many drinks.

Famous Scots who are not Scots: Agnus and Malcom Young, the guitarrists and formers of AC/DC, Australias most famous rockband ever (originally from Glascow, they moved when Agnus was 4 and Malcom was 9 I think). I allso think Mark Knopfler originally was from Edingborugh, but I'm not shure. He grew up in Leeds, anyway.

You may continue the list...

Übereil

E-mail to Janggut---> Don't go too fast, will ya!! We still need to
see so much of England and you are already showing off in Scotland! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />
If you go that fast, everyone will follow and we have to skip England. Please wait there for us @ your cousins and maybe you can try to find some Scottish words untill we get there? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> Here you go, Jan, this shirt is for you!! I hope you are happy with it?

E-mail to Übi----> OK, we know what you mean with the not drinking already, Shan was talking about the real little Leprechauns, but since you have barely some imagination, you wont ever see them! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> This T-shirt is for you I hope you stop telling us that you don't drink, because with that shirt no one is going to believe you now! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
I did see one, but as Shan was saying, I took my eyes from it and it was gone in a jiffy <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cry.gif" alt="" /> there goes my pot of gold...

E-mail to Lews----> Of course I got you a shirt too, in fact I bought shirts for everyone, but I got you this special one! Are you happy now? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Ok, Shan, I hope you agree with me, but I wanted to make this flight a bit more exiting. So, I booked us an air balloon. . Everyone can get in and we can fly all the way to England. I flew in an air balloon once before so I know it's very exiting!! Is it OK for you guys? Just tell me who rather fly on a plane and we can arrange that too. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />

Sure Gal, count me in. I've never been in an air ballon before, but I have always
wanted to ride in one. Now I am getting really excited. This looks like a really
fun trip back to England. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

When do we see the football game, Ubereil? I can hardly wait. I've beem practicing
my cheers so I'm ready. How about this one:

The Red Devils are here
Stand up and cheer
We're second to none
We're number one
We're on the top
We can't be stopped
Red Devils on top
Red Devils we rock!



@ Ubereil -> OK, I think I fixed them. Is this better? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


Hey Gal, if we are staying over in England for a few days I want to go see some
ghosts. I've been looking in the tour guide at all the haunted castles and abbeys
aroung England. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Ghosts, ghosts, ghost, who's up for some ghost hunting. Here are some places that
are said to be haunted that I would love to go see. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Lindisfarne Priory



Founded in 635 by St. Aidan, Lindisfarne became one of the most important
centers of Christianity in England. It became a shrine to St. Cuthbert, who
after being buried for 10 years, was found still fully complete upon being
exhumed. It is said he still haunts the ruins of the priory.


Lindisfarne front



check the tide tables. The only way to reach the Holy Island is to drive across
when the tide is out.


And then there is Battle Abbey which was built by William the Conqueror on the
site of his great victory at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 to atone for the
terrible loss of life suffered. The high alter was sited on the spot where King
Harold had fallen, and his ghost is said to haunt the abbey ruins.




The original name given for the Abbey was Holy Trinity but was later changed to
Battel Abbey in honour of the dead.



And there are lots more haunted places to visit. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Oh, we are going to
have so much fun. Gal, Ube do you like ghost hunting?

Shan

Hey, anybody interested in visiting some of the Ancient Stones while we are in
England. These are really fascinating.


Men-an-Tol



Men-an-Tol or Holed Stone is a Bronze Age construction between 4000 and 2500
years old. Found in the bottom end of Cornwall, England, legend has it that being
passed back and forth through the hole stone, would heal the sick, protect the young and make women fertile.


Lanyon Quoit



This huge Neolithic chambered tomb is over 6000 years old. Found just a mile or
so from Men A Tol, legend has it that King Arthur took his last meal here before
his final battle.


Castlerigg Stone Circle



Castlerigg stone circle mysteriously appeared around 3200 B.C. Myth and legend
claims that one can never count the same number of stones twice in a row.
Castlerigg is located in Keswick, Lake District, England.


Swinside Stone Circle



According to legend, the Devil prevented the construction of a church here.
Systematically he destroyed the work done each day on the church, by causing the stones to sink into the ground each night.

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />

Oh, I have great imagination. I wonder when I lost the ability to use it though...

Shan, sorry but none of those pics contains Man U players (one of them contains an ex-Man U player though, playing for England btw). Great sheer though. Just don't sing it when we're there, we'll make a fool out of ourselves...

Gosthunting would be fun. And I'm allways up for seeing historical buildings, remember that <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />.

Übereil

@ Ubereil -> I changed them. Is that better? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> Thanks for the links. Never
would have known the difference if you hadn't told me, but hey, I am still
looking forward to the big game.

And you've got it, I won't do the cheer during the game and embarass you. Do the
the crowds not have team chants or yells at these games? Guess it will be up to
you to keep me straight on game etiquette (the dos and don'ts of English football
games). <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Go Red Devils. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

OK, you say you are up for some ghost hunting, well here are some old English
castles that are suppose to be haunted. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" />

If we go here, we can actually visit the dungeon. Sound interesting. Gal, are
you with me? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Chillingham Castle



Residents and visitors of the castle's "Pink Room" have reported that, as the
clock struck midnight, terrible cries of a child in pain could be heard echoing
from a passage cut through the 10-foot thick wall into the adjoining tower. As the
cries faded, a halo of light would appear and the figure of a boy dressed in blue
began to approach the four-poster bed. During some refurbishing in later years,
the bones of a young boy and fragments of a blue dress were discovered in the
bedroom wall. The "blue boy" was given a proper burial, though no one ever knew
whom he was.


Chillingham Castle Dungeon and Face of the Iron Maiden



A visit to the dungeon Torture Chamber is not for the faint hearted.
It displays some interesting and gruesome (no longer used!) implements of
punishment, including a stretching rack, a bed of nails, a nailed barrel and a
spiked chair labelled with a warning not to sit on it!

The Iron MaidenThe serene face of the Iron Maiden with its horrible, larger than
life size hinged metal casing for a live body, and the thumb screws, chains, leg
irons, cages, man traps and branding irons cry out of a world long past in this
country, if not elsewhere in the world.

The castle Dungeon, lighted only by a narrow slit in the thick wall, is marked
with the crudely-cut scribbled letters of previous unhappy prisoners. There is a
trap-door in the floor through which can be seen the very genuine bones of a
child in the vault below.

And there are lots more ghosts associated with this castle. Wonder if they would
let us spend the night? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif" alt="" /> Are you up for it Gal, Ube, Hap, Jurak, anybody? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Shan <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

[color:"pink"] Ciamar a tha sibh? [/color] that's How Are You in scottish gaelic!

yes, since i don't want to tour scotland without all of u, i might as well take up some gaelic class.

note: Gaelic uses more than one word for 'you'. Sibh is the polite word for 'you' - to be used with strangers, those older than yourself and people in authority. It is also used when talking to more than one person, or groups of people.
Note also that, if you want to greet someone very casually, you can just say hallo! or hai! (pronunced very much like the English hello or hi).

If you are talking to a child, a close friend, or a member of the family of about your own age, you use a different form of the word you. This time use thu. So, to ask a child or friend how they are, you say: [color:"pink"] ciamar a tha thu? [/color]

Remember that thu only applies when you are talking to one person, whether a child, teenager or friend: if you are talking to a group of children or friends, you must use the plural form: sibh.

hey i speak one sentence of gaelic! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />