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The children crawl/hobble on all fours - using outstretched arms and legs on their left hand hide, with elbows and knees on the right.

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It's long been said that a mysterious creature can be found in the highlands of Scotland, mainly between St. Andrews Day and Burns' Night each year. This creature, the Haggis, can be hunted throughout the season and is often served as a dish, along with neeps and tatties, at a traditional Burns Supper.

Being a creature for the highlands, it has adapted to it's natural surrounding. To make it easy to run around the hilltops - as Haggi (yes, that's the plural!) frequently do - the legs on the left hand side of the creature are longer than those on the right, allowing them to run in a clockwise direction with ease. This explains why they're not often found in other, less hilly, parts of the UK, as the terrain just doesn't suit them.

Game 1 - Haggis Race
On the theory above, the young group members participate in a race. This may be a relay between teams, or a simple 'winner takes all' free for all. The children crawl/hobble on all fours - using outstretched arms and legs on their left hand hide, with elbows and knees on the right. This demonstrates the difficulty a Haggis would have on flat terrain.

Now, before you go hunting for Haggi, you have to be aware of the speed of the things - they don't hang around! You want to catch the Haggis, but it shouldn't catch you...

Tags

• burns night
• disabilities awareness
• game
• haggis
• St Andrew's Day

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