Scone, Perthshire

Scone is a large village, a mile north of Perth, Scotland. The village was moved from its original position next to Scone Palace, ancient crowning place of the kings of Scotland, a mile west of where it stands now. The Stone of Scone gets its name from this site.

Related Topics:
Village - Perth, Scotland - Scone Palace - Scotland - Stone of Scone

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It is worth mentioning that the bread called a "scone" has nothing to do with the village. Indeed, while the bread is pronounced {{IPA|/skɒn/}} or {{IPA|/skəʊn/}}, the village is pronounced {{IPA|/skuːn/}}.

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The Ba game of Scone

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Here the men of the parish would assemble at the cross, the married on one side, the bachelors on the other, the play continuing from 2 o'clock till sunset. Whoever got the ball in his hands would run with it till he was overtaken by one of the opposition. If he was not able to shake himself loose, he would throw the ball from him, unless it was wrestled by one of the other side.

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No player was allowed to kick the ball. The object of the married men was to "hang" the ball, that is to put it three times into a small lide on the moor which was their "dool", or limit; whilst that of the bachelors was to "drown" or dip the ball in a deep place in the river, which was their limit.

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The party who could effect either of these objects won the game, if neither won, the ball was cut into equal parts at sunset.

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The original village of Scone was about a mile and a half from the present site, near the Palace. It was moved because the Lord of the estate couldn't abide the smell of the peasants. For years the new village was known as New Scone (although referred to by everyone as just 'Scone'), until 1997, when some protesters painted over the word New on all the village signs. The local council met and decided the word New was indeed redundant and the village is, as it should be, just called Scone.

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Scone was also home to the 15th Perth (Scone) Boys Brigade company. (In latter years it unconvincingly changed its name to the 1st Scone). One of the many characters associated with this company was David Lamond (see also Goofy, DJ, and briefly, Dangerous Dave). There is an ancient tale which speaks of this young chap, and some of his bretheren greatly improving an area of land over one summer. They found a pond near his house, cleared it of all the waste in it, built a couple of bridges and a picnic area for a competition called the square mile project. With the judges visiting the next day, and an appearance on Going live with Gordon the Gopher at stake, David decided to fix the ponds drainage system. With a sledgehammer. They never met Gordon Gopher.

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One of Scone's more scenic sites is the Den, a muddy lane that runs aside the burn at the foot of Goshen Park. This was the setting for one of the villages most animated scenes, when a young Steven Guthrie decided to ride his bike full speed toward the steep bank, before emulating 1980's hero Evil Kinevil, and leaping from the speeding Chopper perilously close to the edge. He escaped unharmed, as did the Chopper. Guthrie now lives in Shetland, retired from his time as a pre-teen stuntman

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