The title line is not new information for most here of course but the war designation led to an amusing court case in our time.


Bagpipes used to be classified as weapons of war

Miguel Ortiz...

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Concentrating on the apparent clan badge on the kid's shoulder, it seems like it could be the MacPherson cat but it also looks like a lion rampant, wielding a sword?

Here's a battle and Scottish victory I don't think I'd ever heard of. All those religious wars, what did they come to? I mean outside of Northern Ireland, where they continued up to the current peace...

I hope you'll keep posting in the following years, esp. if the event is always held close to Labour Day. Queeche is well known to me, including as a place I used to fly fish at, and I might well be...

Listening to these discs brings home what a pool of talent the Chieftains represented, centred around piper Paddy Maloney but with other geniuses of tradition instruments such as Derek Bell on the...

A great and to be respected freedom fighter. The movie starring Gibson is regrettable, IMHO, however much it did to grow awareness of Scottish culture, including kilts, amongst the general...

The box set of Chieftains 1-4 arrived today. I shall try hard to hold onto this one, pretty sure the others rolled out the door at my last place of employment, something that happened to some...

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Are you watching this event in person, or is it being streamed online somewhere?

I remember attending Celtic event where people were trying out the various Highland sports and the man coaching the hammer throwing being as nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof- the things are in fact...

My title is how the caption should read, but civilians ruin everything.


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Musings on a recovered memory: Back in my teenage reading, a novel by Robert Louis Stevenson and I suspect it was "Kidnapped,' had the hero travelling through the highlands in the wake of the Bonnie...

Very nice of you but probably not worth the trouble, Anne, I've already ordered them from Amazon for about $70 in our northern pesos, including shipping. HOWEVER if by some chance you find them for...

As I keep saying, until a couple of days ago I was on a long sabbatical from this site. Being back now, I'm really surprised there isn't more use of links to Facebook at least, which contains a lot...

It's nice when DNA confirms family traditions though. As far as attitudes go, did my Scots ancestors consider themselves highlanders? For the great majority, almost certainly not.

My family of border reivers is on both sides of the border but my side considers itself traditionally Scottish and Ulster Scots and is listed as a sept of the MacDonalds, as are a great many...

They not commonly seen in my experience but I do have some button style braces on the trousers I wear for hunting. I'm sure they have an outdoorsy look but my tartan is Forrester after all. I'll take...

Excellent. Many thanks!

Here's one I heard during my absence from the site. It was new to me anyway.


A Scotsman tells a friend he'll be wearing a kilt at his upcoming wedding.

"That's great!" the friend says. "And...

I don't find the set there, no. Thing is, it's not being made anymore. Nor it seems are those early CDs being made individually. The pure historical tunes are being lost, at least for now.

I was once the happy owner of a set of the first 4 Chieftains albums on CD but they disappeared on me. That was in fact some years ago, and I've looked to buy another one, but in vain. If anyone...

Not quite sure what to expect after so long a layoff, but I'll be there either today or tomorrow. Friday has smaller crowds, Saturday has more official events.

OK, and I see those are clip-ons and presumably didn't tear the material. I guess I know where to buy that type of braces.

Following relocation of the straps to what is probably the full extend possible, I have a kilt that stays in place if I continually tug on it with it with the usual belt cinched up as tightly as...