User talk:Realclanhaggis

Contribution: Real Clan Haggis was first created by Brian Myers whilst serving with the Royal Engineers in the 1960s. Its inspiration was from the first two lines of 'Ode to a Haggis' by Rabbie Burns when he stated "O there's your honest, sonsi face, Great chieftain o' the Puddin' Race..." The creator of the Real Clan Haggis used the various characters with whom he was stationed as 'templates' for the characters which include a number of Haggis; White Black and Red puddings, as well as the Bangers (sausages) from England. From Germany came characters such as Lieberwursts, Brockwursts and Bratwursts. Italy are represented by the Mortadellas and Salamis and the Australians by the 'Roolinks (kangaroo sausages). In view of the large Asian and Polish migrants to Scotland over the past few years, the Polish Kazanka and the Sikh branches are also included in the lastest edition of the definitive reference work on the Real Clan Haggis. The Haggis stories reflect a variety of personal incidents and escapades within the life of the creator and have his idiosyncratic style of humour. Within the stories of Clan Haggis and its cadet branches, the reader will often find that speech by certain Haggis characters are written in the Scottish dialect. Whilst the principle aim is to humour the reader, there is also the underlying aim of trying to recapture the dying dialect of the Scotland of a generation ago. At the front of each book is the Glossary of words not even generally understood in modern-day Scotland. Readership is aimed at the age group from 10 to 90 years and the Real Clan Haggis Productions Ltd has been established to promote the characters, with a 30 per cent stake in the company allocated by the creator to a number of Scottish charities and the charity WaterAid.

Books: Whooz Who in the Real Clan Haggis (published from 1991, the lastest updated version being in 2007) The Gathering and The Drumchapel Three (first published 1980 and first public publication of the two stories in 2008) Further books are in the pipeline and shall be notified through the www.realclanhaggis.com website.