I imagine the first question anyone will ask is what is a column called "Scottish Flotsam". I guess we will have to begin with what is "flotsam". Among the definitions of the word are "things washed ashore" or "miscellaneous trifles". Well, we believe you can find some great treasure on the ocean shore. But -- you will never know what you will find or its value. So we decided that is what this column is - flotsam. We wanted a place to put things that didn't fit anywhere else and might be of interest. Each item could be a column itself and might be some day but for now it will be the flotsam, which washes our way.

Now lets look at a Scottish King:

Alexander I, 1078?-1124 (r.1107-24), was the son of MALCOLM III. He opposed English efforts to rule the church in Scotland and established abbeys at Inchcolm and Scone. Alexander II, 1198-1249 (r.1214-49), joined the English barons in their revolt against King JOHN but made a tenuous peace with HENRY III. Alexander III, 1241-86 (r.1249-86), acquired for Scotland the HEBRIDES and also the Isle of MAN, already claimed from Norway by his father.
http://www.free4all.com/encyclopedia/articles/00317.html

It is time to stop combing the library but we can not quit without some quotes from The Pocket Book of Scottish Quotations another great History bookshelf resident. Let's see what quotes we can find.

This month we continue with the subject of love.

Art ye on sleip, quod she. O fye for shame!
Haf ye nocht tauld that luifaris takis no rest?
Alexander Montgomerie (c. 1545 - c. 1610), A Dream

'If you're goin' to speak aboot love, be dacent and and speak aboot it in the Gaalic. But we're no talkin' aboot love: we're talkin' aboot my merrage.'
Neil Munro (1864-1930), The Vital Spark

Ye're a bonny lad, and I'm a lassie free,
Ye're welcomer to tak' me than to let me be.
Allan Ramsay (1686-1758)

My Peggy is a young thing,
And I'm nae very auld
Allan Ramsay, The Waukin' o' the Fauld