https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/royal-set-bagpipes-owned-french-king-worlds-oldest-display

And, for your listening pleasure… Free Bird on the pipes… https://www.youtube.com/shorts/27in81lrf6M

Agree with the Padre.

This thread might be of interest to you Patty.

https://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f255/my-arms-heraldic-items-97459/

That is how I read it also.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/you-can-now-wear-a-recreation-of-a-500-year-old-scottish-tartan-180983670/

In Peter's essay it is called a "speculative reconstruction".

Finally got a chance to read this. Fascinating.

I'm curious though, why the 40 year wait to conduct the in-depth analysis.

For balmorals Robert Mackie sets the bar.

https://www.robertmackie.com/traditional-scottish-headwear

Then there's this thread......

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/22/oldest-known-scottish-tartan-piece-glen-affric-peat-bog-recreated

Outstanding!

Buffalo Trace makes a "Bourbon Cream". I have not tried it as I don't care much for that type of thing.

On the label it says, "Made from Buffalo Trace bourbon, rich cream and a hint of sugar."
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Wonderful photo.

Great shots!

Thanks.

Great pics.

Thanks.

It is. Very much so.

Common law marriage here in the US can get pretty sticky.

A few states expressly recognize it and a few have expressly abolished it.
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Seems a lot like bunnock.

I am sorry for your loss, Sophia.

Alan will be missed.

Beauty is in the eye of the beer-holder. :)

I guess McLeod doesn't have the market cornered on loud.

I'll wait for the Hunting Beer version.

Very much like "Mississippi Boatman by George Caleb Bingham, 1850" from the article I linked above.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=42686&stc=1

For comparison.

https://witness2fashion.wordpress.com/tag/mans-shirt-1800s-1700s-1900s/

I think this is precisely it. In Colonial times, for those that could afford tailored clothes, the frilly, puffy, blousy shirts were the style. For those that could not, one size fits all, and if...

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Badin,+NC/@35.4093261,-80.1170405

Indeed!

Thank you.

Bravo!
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