Scotland

:For other uses, see Scotland (disambiguation). See also British Isles (terminology).

Miscellaneous

Scotland's iconic claims to fame include:

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Animals

• Dolly the sheep
• Highland cattle
• Nessie, the Loch Ness monster
• Wild Haggis
• Golden Retriever

Celebrations

• Burns night (25 January)
• Hogmanay (New Year's Eve)
• Tartan Day (6 April - celebrated in North America but not normally in Scotland itself)
• Saint Andrew's Day (30 November - has been championed by some in recent years after having declined greatly in importance after the Reformation)

Clothing and dress

• Kilts
• Mackintosh
• Tartan
• Tweed, especially Harris Tweed
• Tam o'shanter

Comic books and characters

• The Beano
• The Broons
• The Dandy
• Oor Wullie

Drink

• Highland Spring
• Irn-Bru
• Limeade
• Scotch whisky and its distilleries
• Tizer

Food

• Black, red and white pudding
• Deep fried Mars bar
• Digestive biscuit
• Haggis
• Oatcakes
• Porridge
• Scots Tablet
• Shortbread
• Smoked Salmon

Lifestyle

• Automatic teller machine
• Postage Stamp
• Tarmac
• Telephone
• Television
• Pedal Bicycle
• Pneumatic tire

Music

• Bagpipes
• Scottish country dancing

Famous Scots

see List of Scots

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Places

• Loch Ness
• Scottish Highlands (Aviemore, Cairngorms, Munros) and islands (Hebrides, Orkney, Shetland)

Other

• Cutty Sark
• The thistle, the country's national emblem - according to legend a Danish attacker stepped on one at night, so alerting the defenders of a Scottish castle, hence it is called the "guardian thistle"
• Scottish sundial — the ancient renaissance sundials of Scotland.