If you’ve been following my blog since the early days of My Southern Heart, then you know it is my dream to visit the British Isles…especially Scotland and Ireland. My original ancestor, Rev. William McGregor, was a Baptist preacher in Scotland – rare in those days! I enjoy pursuing the answers to the mysteries about our Scottish ancestors. Mama’s ancestors were Irish and I’m also on the trail of those early immigrants! (Most of them were here before the American Revolution which makes finding them in Scotland and Ireland especially difficult.)
Since it doesn’t appear that I will be setting foot in Scotland any time soon, I have started a small collection of Scottish mugs. It started with one mug, of course, as most collections do. They are made by Dunoon Mugs in Scotland. (The only mug made by Dunoon Mugs in England is the one with the cat.) The mugs I’ve collected so far are either fine bone china or stoneware and have very comfortable handles. Suprisingly, beverages stay hot in them rather a long time.
I especially like the mugs depicting pastoral scenes in Scotland as this mug does.
Of course, no afternoon cup of tea in Scotland – or Ireland for that matter – would be complete without a delicious scone to accompany it! Like the one below that I wrote about here with recipe.
I do have a confession though.
The mugs may have come from Scotland, but the tea came straight from IRELAND!
Check out the brief slideshow below to see all seven of the mugs I’ve collected so far.
