Why is Scotland considered a Celtic nation, but not England?

The Celts occupied much of north-western Europe prior to the spread of the Roman empire, but the Roman expansion pushed them up into the extreme corners. read more

That's why Scotland is a Celtic country whilst England is not. The people of Scotland, Ireland, Wales, the Isle of Man, Cornwall and Brittany (the latter being in north-western France) are still Celts by ancestry, the Scots, Irish and Welsh still have their Celtic languages living alongside English (though numbers of speakers are low in proportion). read more

That's why it's not a Celtic nation. The Hebrides, Orkney, Caithness, etc., were under Norwegian rule, yes, but they still maintained Scottish culture to an extent; the Scottish mainland was still Scots, rather than Norwegian, and that is why they're not considered a Scandinavian nation. read more

But also, Scotland has always had the vibe of wanting to be distinctively different from England, and as the Lowlands were virtually identical to England, things like the kilt were culturally appropriated. Overall, as time passed Scottish people forgot about Walter Scott and the invention of the modern kilt and reinvention of Celtic Scotland. read more