what of the lowlanders??

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by davidlpope

You mean Gordon Menzies got it wrong?

Chorus:
Schiehallion, Schiehallion, I hear your voice calling
Across the great glen to the coast of Argyle
The Lowlands, the Highlands, the Borders, the Islands
All drink tae the back o' Schiehallion

it seems so

**Jock Scot** · 2nd June 10, 12:33 PM

Not at all. The Highlands are the Highlands, the Isles are the Isles, the Lowlands are the Lowlands and Borders are the Borders which are not the Highlands!

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Not at all. The Highlands are the Highlands, the Isles are the Isles, the Lowlands are the Lowlands and Borders are the Borders which are not the Highlands!

and the central belt ....well is the central belt

**Jock Scot** · 2nd June 10, 12:44 PM

Originally Posted by skauwt

and the central belt ....well is the central belt

As we seem to agree that the Central Belt is not in the Highlands, that must put the C B in the----- well--- Lowlands!

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:56 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

As we seem to agree that the Central Belt is not in the Highlands, that must put the C B in the----- well--- Lowlands!

sadly jock its in the central belt and the geology states so

http://www.scottishgeology.com/geolo...nd_valley.html

**Jock Scot** · 2nd June 10, 01:05 PM

No argument about the geology whatsoever. Geology most certainly does not put the CB in the Highlands, now does it? So it must be in the Lowlands.

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 01:18 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

No argument about the geology whatsoever. Geology most certainly does not put the CB in the Highlands, now does it? So it must be in the Lowlands.

jock i`ll leave it that... i just think yer getting a wee bit pernickty now ........... who am i to argue with geology you can make up what ever opinion you like at the end of the day i know this place is certainly not in the highlands or lowlands
cheers

**Bugbear** · 2nd June 10, 01:21 PM

All I know is I'm not even in the Lowlands...

**ThistleDown** · 2nd June 10, 01:55 PM

Originally Posted by skauwt

what about all the highlands and lowlanders that moved to the central belt ?

my great grandfather was originally from thurso his family moved to invernessshire area and then he moved here for work in about 1910-20 surely more folk wore the kilt here in the central belt than some may think

My educated guess, Skawt, is that your g-grandfather did not wear the kilt at home in Caithness; it was not the daily dress there at the time of his early 20C move and the vast majority of men in Caithness in those years did not have the wealth to afford any other item of clothing not worn for their employment or for Sunday at the kirk.

If your ancestor was able to afford an "unnecessary" article of clothing like a kilt, my guess is that it became a blanket soon after his move. Even military kilts ended their lives in that manner in those hard years.

Rex