The online registration form is available at the following link.
https://forms.gle/5MNqFJz5F7CMgcaa9
If you prefer a printable version to mail in, click here.
The online registration form is available at the following link.
https://forms.gle/5MNqFJz5F7CMgcaa9
If you prefer a printable version to mail in, click here.
Hear Ye …..
Hear Ye …..
Hear Ye …..
The President of the Clan Hay Society – AB hereby decrees that the 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held at the
Gallabrae Highland Games
May 24 – 26, 2024
Greenville, SC
All Members, Septs/Families, Friends, Supporters, and
Defeated Foes of Clan Hay are invited to join us for a full
weekend of fun, fellowship, and celebration of all things Hay.
Our castle away from the castle will be the:
Embassy Suites by Hilton Greenville
Golf Resort & Conference Center
670 Verdae Blvd, Greenville, SC 29607
Phone: (864) 676-9090 (see next paragraph for reservation info)
Call 1-800-EMBASSY & ask for Clan Hay AGM – Gallabrae Highland Games special room rate no later than Wednesday, April 24, 2024 (if they need a code, use 95D)
There is nothing like sitting down in the great hall with olde
friends to share a wee dram (or 2, or 3, or 4 or 5).
Among all Scots, we Hays are a unique breed.
The President further decrees this notice to be
posted publicly at Highland Games, Weddings
(shotgun or otherwise), Parties, Sporting Events,
Duals of Honor, Jousting Tournaments, and
General Public Gatherings (Especially Floggings).
Congratulations to our Chaplain Doug Moses and his new bride Mary Robinson. Welcome to the Clan Mary.
A Hay – From A Hay To Delgatie Castle via the Clan Hay Pipe Band facebook page.
Pictures from the 2016 AGM are up on our facebook page.
https://www.facebook.com/ClanHayUSA/photos/?tab=album&album_id=815260975283368
Enjoy!
These are some of the places once or currently occupied by Clan Hay in Scotland.
The folks at Lochcarron of Scotland, have created an interactive map that displays the ancestral lands of Scottish clans and including Clan Hay.
The map allows users to hover over each clan name and discover the clan history, motto, and tartan specific to the clan.
Check it out over at:
Scottish Work Songs
Work songs were commonplace in Scotland for hundreds of years and, whatever the activity, there would be a song to accompany it and match the speed at which it was being undertaken. These songs also served a social purpose, as they enabled people to relate specific thoughts about their communities and the subjects that were important to them. Songs sung together also generated a bond between the participants, giving a sense of attachment and of sharing experiences while toiling together.
There are two main categories of work songs – those that were sung while work was being done and those about work that were sung in people’s leisure time. Songs in the first category include those that were sung while waulking, milking cows, rowing, spinning wool, and churning butter. The second category of work songs includes bothy ballads, songs about whaling, fishing, mining, and railway and mill work.
Bothy ballads originated in the farming areas of the north east of Scotland, at a time when unmarried farm laborers lived in outbuildings known as bothies. Conditions in the bothies could be grim and the cattle and horses often had better accommodation than they did. In the evenings the laborers would sing to entertain themselves. As well as old songs, they would compose songs about their experiences on the farms. Often the songs would be critical of the farmer, although a few were praised, and these social commentaries of country life came to be known as bothy ballads. One such example is ‘The Barnyards o Delgaty’ in which the composer pokes fun at the farm on which he works and the other farm workers. It is sung here by George Inglis Fraser from Aberdeenshire. The Delgaty being sung about is our very own Delgaty Castle, the Clay Hay Center in Turriff, Scotland.
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