scottish cities, towns and villages

[granny helen]

I am really stuck on quite a few of these I hope you can help me.
1. Quick! nearly all of it to a northern town
4. Hit hard then use a whip
5. Perhaps i'm leaving? 6. Demeter? 8. Nothing returns to the famous ship builder
9.Knock around the italian earldom 10. Re-arrange old english curtains
11. Darn it, Murdoch! 12. running water isn't hot

[mummyh]

12. Coldstream?

[quinie]

1 Wick?

[quinie]

4 Lamlash?

[quinie]

11 Drumnadrochit

[quinie]

10 Carnoustie- anagram of o,e curtains

[Calibax]

10 Carnoustie - anagram of O E Curtains

[quinie]

6 Ceres

[douglas9401]

5. Alloway

[quinie]

8 Linlithgow?

[quinie]

9 K-il-mar-nock? (il is the in Italian-Mar is an earldom- inside knock

[granny helen]

Thanks so much mummyh, quinie,calibax and douglas can you explain ceres quinie thanks

[douglas9401]

If I may, Demeter was the Greek harvest goddess and Ceres the Roman equivalent. :)

[quinie]

Thank you, douglas9401, didn't see granny helen's request- called to the phone. Perhaps I should have explained my answer. no 9 had me stumped for a while. Glad to help,granny helen, love doing quizzes esp. Scottish ones.

[douglas9401]

Very welcome both. :D

[granny helen]

many thanks douglas and quinie my brain is asleep tonight.