Quote Originally Posted by Zardoz View Post
Read Celeste Ray's great book "Highland Heritage", that will help explain the nexus of Highlandism and southern traditions, although rationality doesn't really play a big part...
Exactly. That's why I recommended the book in the thread below for all who are interested in "American Highland Games" as a sociological phenemenon! Let me know when you get through the rest of the book and we can start a discussion thread about the author's theories.

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...52/index4.html


David