Half-Hangit Maggie - The woman who survived her own hanging.
[image: The National] The tale of Half-Hangit Maggie, the woman who survived her own execution, is well known in Edinburgh. The most...
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The Wee History Blog
The Wee History Blog
- Apr 26, 2021
- 7 min
Quarriers - Scotland's Child Emigrants
Quarrier's kids outside a receiving home in Canada 1889 (credit:thescotsman) From 1870-1930 over 100,000 child emigrants left Britain...
The Wee History Blog
- Apr 11, 2021
- 4 min
Private James Scott of McCrae's Battalion
One of the most unfortunate aspects of history is that the ordinary people are often forgotten by time.
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