A Spanish colleague asked me the other day why we have a holiday in October in Scotland. He wondered if there was some cultural or religious significance.
I explained to him that traditionally children would be given the time off school to help with the potato harvesting hence the term tattie holidays.
I then turned round to see another colleague (born and raised in Scotland) looking at me in total amazement saying that she's never heard of that before.
I am about 20 years older than her and was raised in mainly rural locations whereas she has always lived in a city but I wasn't sure which of these made the difference.
But please someone tell me this is true and not one of those things that my Mum made up and that I've always believed!
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INeedSomeHelp · 24/10/2016 21:28
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