
Originally Posted by
Woodsheal
...Or, have even more fun by wearing tartan breeches, like the fellow second from the left:
This is, of course, the well-known image of Highlanders (probably from MacKay's) in Gustavus' army in the 1630s....
And the title says, roughly, "This is how the 800 Irish dress, who have arrived in Stettin." I'm not good in antique German, but it looks to me like "Irishmen or Crazy Persons." Hmmm...
The text, which I can't read accurately, says something about eating sausages because they don't have bread to eat (?), and running swiftly while carrying muskets, bows, and long knives.
Yeah, they're Highlanders.
Dr. Charles A. Hays
The Kilted Perfesser
Laird in Residence, Blathering-at-the-Lectern
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