Portal:Scotland/Did you know/27




 * ...that the Scottish Fisheries Museum (pictured) in Anstruther contains 66,000 exhibits including Reaper, a 104 year old restored fifie herring drifter?


 * ...that Robin Philipson, former President of the Royal Scottish Academy, was particularly renowned for his cockfight paintings?


 * ...that the village of Cellardyke in Fife, Scotland, is the site of the first confirmed case of H5N1 avian flu in the United Kingdom, and was once home to a 200-strong fishing fleet?


 * ...that North Berwick Harbour was built in the 12th century as a ferry port for St. Andrews bound pilgrims, while legend has it that "Satan himself" once worshipped on the Harbour's "Auld Kirk Green"?