Sgian Dubh and the Church

[Jock Scot]

I went to a funeral, the other day, of a gamekeeper and twelve other gamekeepers who were there dressed in their respective estate tweeds PLUS their shotguns were in attendance. Their weapons were placed in an inside corner by the kirk door until the service was nearly over. Then the keepers filed out,picking up their guns and formed two ranks outside the kirk door and fired a two shot volley as the coffin passed by.Not an unusual send off by any means up here.There were several kilts and tweed argyll jackets on parade too.