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Ceres, Scotland - Definition and Overview |
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Ceres is a village in Fife, Scotland.
Origin of name
In The Place Names of Fife and Kinross, by WM Liddall (Wm Green & Sons, 1896) it was suggested that Ceres was derived from the Norse syr + reit = enclosure for swine.
It was suggested that it might be connected with St Cyrus. There is no reference to a St Cyrus in the Penguin Dictionary of Saints other than Cyrus of Alexandria (c303). The village of St Cyrus, Kincardineshire, seems to have been named after St Cyr or Ciricus (Quiricus) martyr of Tarsus.
The 1882 Ordnance Gazetteer says St Cyr was CeresÂ’ pre-Reformation saint.
Ceres Games
The Games are said to date back to Bannockburn. They are also said to have been held every year since 1314.
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Example Usage of Scotland |
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leahxmichelle: @KarlaErikaCal I need to finish writing by the mid-Jan so I have time to revise and give it to a friend who's going to Scotland for 6 months |
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Bleachbeach: Away to America tomorrow morning, goodbye Scotland for three weeks, see you all next year :) |
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scyrene: @andrewtibbs Are you doing a pub crawl round Scotland or something? ;-) |
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