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Operation Haggis

On 28th December 1950, the Australian Airforce flew 585km from Iwakuni, Japan to Suwon-si, South Korea with 180lbs of haggis so the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders could have a “proper Hogmanay” in the first year of the Korean War.

The mission’s codename: “Operation Haggis”

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RAAF Unit History sheets (Form A50) [Operations Record Book – Forms A50 and A51] Number 36 Squadron (Ex 30 Comm Unit) Nov 50 – Jul 66 [6cm]. National Archives of Australia. pg 210.

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CAISEAN-UCHD

CAISEAN-UCHD. n. Breast-strip of a sheep that was singed and sniffed to ward off evil spirits in a house. Passed around clockwise for the next person to inhale. Bad luck if it went out on your turn. Used at Xmas only in other places, but all the time on Islay. It must’ve smelled awful.