{"id":4701,"date":"2026-06-19T14:02:59","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/scotland-fans-score-world-cup-win-as-haggis-gets-legalised\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T14:03:01","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T14:03:01","slug":"scotland-fans-score-world-cup-win-as-haggis-gets-legalised","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/19\/scotland-fans-score-world-cup-win-as-haggis-gets-legalised\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland fans score World Cup win as haggis gets &#039;legalised&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>2026-06-19 14:02:58<\/b><br \/>\n<BR>Scotland fans at the World Cup have convinced Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to legalise haggis.<BR><br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a Scottish delicacy, but the popular food has been illegal to sell in the United States since the 1970s, as sheep lung &#8211; a key ingredient in the dish &#8211; is offal and falls under strict regulations.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, after the Tartan Army took over Boston before their opening World Cup game and mixed with locals, the governor thinks things should change.<BR><br \/>\nIn a video shared to Instagram, Governor Healey signed the executive order and said: &#8220;We&#8217;ve made haggis legal in Massachusetts.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nIt should be noted that individual states don&#8217;t actually have the power to legalise haggis, because regulation for food and safety imports are handled at a federal level.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the governor added: &#8220;The Tartan Army has brought the energy, joy, and enthusiasm to Massachusetts. This is truly what the World Cup is all about.<BR><br \/>\n&#8220;Between the bagpipes, the kilts, and thousands of Scotland fans turning Boston into their home away from home, the Tartan Army has made quite an impression on Massachusetts.&#8221;<BR><br \/>\nAfter more than 20,000 Scotland fans arrived in Boston, bars in the city were faced with low beer stock.<BR><br \/>\nHowever, the city did sign the &#8220;Tartan Army Bill&#8221; to allow 140 bars to stay open longer to accommodate their guests.<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"> Visit Bang Bizarre (main website) <\/a><br \/>\n<br \/><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/xtbac.js\" data-video=\"\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2026-06-19 14:02:58 Scotland fans at the World Cup have convinced Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey to legalise haggis. It&#8217;s a Scottish delicacy, but the popular food has been illegal to sell&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bizarre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4703,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4701\/revisions\/4703"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bangbizarre.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}