Edinburgh

Capital: Edinburgh Largest city: Glasgow Area: 78,772 km Scotland is most famous for Nessie Population: 5 million - a water monster that lives in Loch Languages: English, Gaelic Ness. This monster has a giraffe-like Symbol: a thistle neck, a very Patron saint: Saint Andrew small head, and a large body.

The bagpipe is the traditional Scottish musical instrument. A person who plays the bagpipe is called a

Scottish national skirt is called a kilt.

Highland Games celebrate Scottish culture. People take part in different activities: caber toss, stone put,

This flower is the national emblem of Scotland. Robert Burns (1759-1796) was a Scottish poet. People called him The Bard. His most famous poems and songs are: Auld Lang Syne, A Red, Red Rose, To a Mouse, The Battle Of Sherramuir.