Scottish Places Often Known As:

Aberdeen - The Brave Toun

Anstruther - Anster

Ayr - Auld Ayr

Crail - Caryle

Dumfries - The Queen of the South

Dunblane - Drukken Dunblane

Dunfermline - The Auld Grey Toon

Edinburgh - Auld Reekie, or Athens of thc North.

Elgin Cathedral - The Lantern of the North

Forfar - Brosie Forfar

St Marys, Haddingron - The Lanthorn o’ the Lothians

Inverness - The Capital of the Highlands

Jedburgh - Jethart, The Gateway to Scotland

Kirkcaldy - The Lang Toun

Lanarkshire - The Orchard of Scotland

Langhorn - The Muckle Toun

Lauder - Lousy Lauder

Linlithgow - The Faithful Toun

Livingston - The capital of Silicon Glen

Moray - The Granary of Scotland

Musselburgh - The Honest Toun

The National Monument - Edinburgh’s Shame, or Calton Hill, Edinburgh Scotland’s Pride and Poverty, or Scotland’s Disgrace.

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