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Description

Become the mythical haggis as you hop, skip or jump your way to the precious turnips. But watch out for the farmers!

Courtesy of The Scout Association
https://www.scouts.org.uk/activities/haggis-hunt/

Resources

30 minutes
Access to water
Oven
Haggis
A bag of turnips
A bag of potatoes
Potato peeler
Potato masher


Safety
All activities must be safely managed. Use the safety checklist to help you plan and risk assess your activity. Do a risk assessment and take appropriate steps to reduce risk. Always get approval for the activity and have suitable supervision and an InTouch process.
- Active games: The game area should be free of hazards. Explain the rules of the game clearly and have a clear way to communicate that the game must stop when needed.
- Contact games and activities: Make sure everyone understands what contact is acceptable, and monitor contact throughout the activity.
- Cooking: Teach young people how to use cooking equipment safely. Supervise them appropriately throughout. Make sure it’s safe to use and follow manufacturers’ guidelines for use.
- Food: Check for allergies before you begin and read the guidance on food safety https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/staying-safe-and-safeguarding/safety/keeping-safe-at-camp/guidance-for-food-safety/ . Make sure you have suitable areas for storing and preparing food and avoid cross contamination of different foods.


Change the level of challenge
Increase the number of haggis creatures to see if the farmers are able to stop them. Give the farmers freedom of movement if they find this too challenging.

Instructions

Before you begin
- The person leading the activity should find some haggis for the group to try.
- The person leading the activity should put potatoes and small turnips in different spots around the meeting place.


Run the activity
1. The person leading the activity should ask the group what they know about haggis. Explain that haggis is a traditional food in Scotland and that according to legend, haggis is also a mysterious wild creature. See if the group know anything about animals in Scotland and find out what they think the haggis creature might look like.
2. Everyone should now do their best impression of what they think the wild haggis creature might look and sound like. Each person should show how the haggis creature moves (for example, by hopping, skipping or jumping), what noises it makes and how it behaves.
3. The person leading the activity should split the group in half. One team should be wild haggis creatures and the other team should be farmers. Show the farmers where the turnips and potatoes are in the meeting place.
4. Explain to the group that the haggis creatures must try to find the turnips and potatoes and steal them, without being stopped by the farmers. Each haggis creature must continue to move in the way that they imagined a haggis to. Explain to the farmers that in order to catch a haggis, they must think like a haggis. When a haggis has successfully stolen a turnip or potato, the farmer must copy their movement when trying to catch them. Farmers should pat haggis creatures lightly on the head if they catch them with a turnip or potato. Haggis creatures should give back their turnip or potato when caught, for the farmer to put back where it was. The person leading the activity should demonstrate this with another person first. They should also choose a spot for the haggis creatures to put any turnips or potatoes that they have stolen from the farmers.
5. After a time, the person leading the activity should stop the game and count how many turnips or potatoes have been stolen. They should swap the teams over and play the game again, with the farmers now the haggis creatures and the haggis creatures now the farmers.
6. Making sure the group is supervised as they play, the person leading the activity should now prepare some mashed ‘neeps and tatties’ for the group to try with their haggis. Peel, cook and mash any spare turnips and potatoes. Clean any turnips or potatoes you are using from the game thoroughly before preparing them to eat. When the food is ready, everyone should stop playing and have a taste.


Reflection
- The group have found out about the traditional Scottish dish haggis. Did they enjoy trying something new? Haggis is made from meat, oats and spices, which are mixed together and packed into a bag. Why might this be useful for Scottish people who work outdoors? Does anyone in the group know of, or have tried, any other traditional dishes from different parts of the UK - like Cornish pasties or jellied eels)?
- According to legend, haggis is also a wild animal that lives in Scotland. Has anyone visited Scotland or knows someone who is Scottish? Does anyone know what the landscape is like? Where could wild haggis creatures be hiding?

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