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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Loch Lomond
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Lake in the Strathclyde region of Scotland, the largest in mainland Britain. The dramatic scenery, with Ben Lomond (973m/3192ft) to the east and Ben Vorlich (942m/3092ft) to the west, has provided only part of the lake's romantic image. The rest derives from the traditional Scottish song about Loch Lomond, in which the singer remembers the times he spent there ('by yon bonnie banks and by yon bonnie braes') with the true love he will never meet again. The lyric provides no explanation, but it is said to be the lament of a Scotsman who has died in some faraway place; when he says that by taking the low road he will get to Scotland first, this supposedly relates to a popular belief that the souls of the dead travel home underground.
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