The usual 8 Scottish holidays are:
1 Jan Ne'ers day (for traditions see [12.16],[12.17])
2 Jan Scottish New Year holiday
Good Friday
May day holiday (First Monday in May)
Spring Holiday (Last Monday in May)
August holiday (First Monday in August)
25 Dec Christmas day (for traditions see [12.15])
26 Dec Boxing day
These holidays differ from England as follows:
England gets Easter Monday instead of 2 Jan.
England's August holiday is at the end of August.
There are also "harmonised" Scotland holidays in which Scotland gets the
holidays listed above except the August holiday is the English one
rather than the Scottish one. Scottish School holidays are generally the
end of June to the middle of August; about 2-3 weeks ahead of the
holidays in England.
Scotland also has local holidays at various times of the year, (eg September)
and also trade fairs fortnight.
31 December 1999 is also a UK holiday (this is a one-off for the millenium)