Perhaps nothing captures the spirit of Scottish culture better than the sight of Highland dancing being performed at some Highland gathering in some far flung corner of the world. But where did the sporran originate and what was its purpose? How bagpipes arrived in Scotland is somewhat of a mystery. Related articles. The History of Tartan. The Great Clans of Scotland. The History of Highland Dancing. Then you get Scottish people joining regiments in the British army, and they would have their own pipers for the obvious reason that the lords used to have pipers so the regiments would have pipers.
One of the uses would be to march into battle with your piper at the front making a hell of a din and cheerful noise. Also to drown out the screams of your friends being murdered. In war, those Scottish bagpipes went all over the world.
So I presume Scottish immigrants brought the bagpipe to the U. And Scottish ex-soldiers. In the U. Is that true in the UK? Yes, particularly in Scotland. Anything that has a history like that, we have a strong memory of it. Already a subscriber? Log in or link your magazine subscription. Hi there, i read your blog from time to time and i own a similar one and i was just curious if you get a lot of spam responses?
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