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An Evening with Mistress Dods

A touch of Scottish pantomime over dinner

Now this truly is dinner party entertainment with a difference!

Mistress Meg Dods was the formidable landlady of the Cleikum Inn near Peebles. Immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's novel ' St Ronan's Well', Mistress Dods was a woman of 'uncertain age', of modest origin, warm-hearted, garrulous - and given to speaking her mind.

Mistress Dods & GuestsA superb cook, Meg Dods was a rigorous task-master. Staff (and guests) trembled before her. But her reputation for hospitality and homespun yarns attracted custom from far and wide.

Mercat Tours brings Mistress Dods and her pert assistant, Sadie McTattie, vividly to life. Together they will transform your meal into a celebration - a joyous occasion you will remember for many, many years to come.

 

  • Toast your fellow revellers in traditional Scottish ways
  • Discover the contents of the haggis
  • Learn how the 'tappit hen' got its name
  • Honour the Scots 'water of life'
  • Hum along to an old Scots air

Be engaged. Be enthralled. Be entertained.

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