History lesson

[sharpdressedscot]

That's just sad, really it is.

Glad you have a good one otherwise

I also just walk away when I hear that type of stuff, you don't wanna embarrass the guy, do you?

[Woodsheal]

actually celts did fight without clothes on. besides scarin the poop out of the roman, no clothe was forced into the wound and decreased chance of infection(thank you history channel!!)

The "nakedness" ascribed to Celtic warriors in ancient writings is generally accepted to refer to fighting bare-chested, or without armor. And yet, the Celts invented chain-mail, and their chieftains (the only guys who could afford it) certainly wore it in battle....

[Jaggy thistle]

reDavid R Ross above I have just finished reading one of his books the amount of research that he has done is truly amaseing a must read for anyone interested in Scottish history

[TheKiltedCoder]

Unfortunately - There really is no good cure for stupidity except education. These myths have been around for so long that "They must be true!" - I'm pretty sure that the vast majority of us here on X-Marks thought that way when we started out.

The other thing to do is to invite people like this to visit ..this.. web-site!

Okay, sir: I visited that web site and now need either a bottle of Glenlivet, or a full roll of mental floss.

I'm sitting in dire need of a brain scrub.

[Freelancer]

It's been said that "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it". In this case, I guess you might say - those that cannot learn the real facts are doomed to repeat the myths!

[Kid Cossack]

Well, wait a minute here. Is there none amongst us who once believed those things? I did, at least a few of them. I believed them because I didn't know any better. Admittedly, I didn't hold myself out as an authority on things Scottish---but I believed some silly things.

Better, by far, I should think, a quiet word after the presentation, a slip of a card with Matt's address jotted on the back, a reasoned and reasonable plea for better information, than a "Away with ye, ya jackanape!"

When we can, let us not "curse the darkness, but light a candle!" (I can't believe i just typed that.)

[Nick the DSM]

The "nakedness" ascribed to Celtic warriors in ancient writings is generally accepted to refer to fighting bare-chested, or without armor. And yet, the Celts invented chain-mail, and their chieftains (the only guys who could afford it) certainly wore it in battle....

really? i've heard stuff saying that they did fight with little clothes on.


too bad this kind of ignorance isn't bliss...

[beloitpiper]

I'm thinking of e-mailing the group that put on the Highland Games. It was really distressing, but in true Scottish form I just gave him a disapproving look and moved onto the St. Andrew's Society tent (they knew what how to party!)

[emolas]

Well, wait a minute here. Is there none amongst us who once believed those things? I did, at least a few of them. I believed them because I didn't know any better. Admittedly, I didn't hold myself out as an authority on things Scottish---but I believed some silly things.

It's one thing for us plebes to believe in a myth but it's another thing entirely when someone pretends to be an authority on a subject and perpetuates the myths. I would definately complain to the games organizers about their hiring of dubious history "experts".

[Ancienne Alliance]

It's one thing for us plebes to believe in a myth but it's another thing entirely when someone pretends to be an authority on a subject and perpetuates the myths. I would definately complain to the games organizers about their hiring of dubious history "experts".

Spot on !

That's the BIG difference.



Best,

Robert