#gallashiels

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Called 'the Jougs', 'juggs' or 'joggs', this iron collar came from Gala Kirk (Gallashiels) where it was attached to the church yard gatepost, and used to punish and shame moral offenders.

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Embroidery of the foolish Darien Scheme of 1698, which set out to establish a colony in the Darien Gap on the Isthmus of Panama in the late 1690s. It failed, and bankrupted Scotland. There is still no road across the Darien Gap.

Great Tapestry of Scotland, Gallashiels, Scotland