skean dhu

He was given a full kilt outfit to wear for the occasion - complete with sporran and skean dhu - by Heart radio DJ Paul Harper.

He now lives and dresses as Andy the Highlander, complete with plaid, Highland bonnet, a brace of flintlock pistols, skean dhu, Brown Bess musket and, of course, a trusty claymore.

Robbie took his Skean Dhu knife from his stocking and threatened to kill the Sassenach Hastings, but realised he couldn't hurt a fly.

And for those north of the border, a black Prince Charlie full kilt attire, including waistcoat, kilt, sporran, belt and buckle, skean dhu, ghillie brogues and black hose.

The kilted one glowered at me with that withering 'another bloody Sassenach' stare, but resisted slitting my throat with his skean dhu.

Juan Cayasso's goal four minutes into the second half was like a skean dhu through Scots hearts.

Mark Sutherland-Fisher, a past president of the Clan Sutherland Society, said: "If Robert the Bruce was reincarnated today, would they take his skean dhu away from him?

A gill of whisky is offered to the bearers and, with a flourish and a few words from Address To A Haggis, it is sliced open with the edge of a finely-honed skean dhu (ceremonial dirk) to reveal the "warm, reekin', rich" contents.

Thistle Aberdeen Altens pounds 17.50 (Formerly Skean Dhu Altens)

Our prize will grant two places at the Skean Dhu lounge, where our winner can lap up the five-star treatment, from a lavish breakfast to afternoon tea and all the bonus of a complimentary bar.

A gill of whisky is offered to them and, with a flourish and a few words from Address To A Haggis, it is sliced open - "warm, reekin', rich" - with the finely-honed edge of a skean dhu (ceremonial dirk).

AUDLEYS Wood, near Basingstoke, Aberdeen Altens, Aberdeen Airport, Aberdeen Caledonian, Birmingham City, Birmingham Edgbaston, Brands Hatch, Brighton, Bristol, Cardiff, Cheltenham, East Midlands, Exeter, Glasgow, Grasmere, Haydock, Inverness, Irvine, Liverpool, London Gatwick, Luton, Manchester, Manchester Airport, Middlesbrough, New Hall, near Sutton Coldfield, Newcastle, Dyce Skean Dhu, near Aberdeen, St Albans, Stevenage, Stratfordupon-Avon, Swindon.