Fife

Fife is a maritime county in the eastern part of Scotland bounded to the north by the Firth of Tay, to the south by the Firth of Forth, to the west by Perthshire and to the east by the North Sea. In ancient times known as the Kingdom of Fife the county was noted for coal mining, chanty wrassling and fishing. The county town is Kirkcaldy. Other towns include Dunfermline the birthplace of Andrew Carnegie, the university town of St Andrews, Ballingry, High Valleyfield, Kelty, Lochgelly, Glenrothes, Cowdenbeath, Raith, Methil and Auchtermuchty home of beat duo The Proclaimers and accordion maestro the late Sir Jimmy Shand. Fife has more red-haired people per head of population than any other place in the world.^{[Citation Needed]}