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joe4212 Dec 13th, 2008 11:39 AM

This is my favorite Scottish link on YouTube. It starts in Edinburgh, then to Loch Ness and ends in Glasgow. Very, very clever.

Oh and as someone says in the review section, never tease a snowman.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xfiqrkV_ZqI

joe

PalenQ Dec 15th, 2008 07:47 AM

"Agents can also go to www.scotsagent.com - a free educational website that will teach them more about Scotland."

alanRow Dec 15th, 2008 10:01 PM

<<< (Ireland gave birth to the bagpipe and then they sent pipes to the Scottish, who never got the joke.) >>>

Bagpipes were invented in the Middle East and the first evidence of them being in Britain was the 14th century. The first evidence of them in Ireland was the late 16th century

PalenQ Dec 16th, 2008 06:16 AM

Got that from a book on the Irish - a very popular book a few years ago written by a Celtic scholar - but hey i don't know.

Josser Dec 16th, 2008 06:40 AM

If he was a Celtic scholar, he didn't know.
The original inhabitants of the British Isles were Ancient Britons of various tribes.
There's no evidence that the Celts ever set foot in the place.
DNA evidence has shown that the majority of British and Irish are genetically identical apart from a few pockets of Scandinavians and Anglo-Saxons.
We're all British, in fact.

MissPrism Dec 16th, 2008 06:49 AM

Bagpipes are found all over the world.

This site tells something about the origins and the different types
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A748208

PalenQ Dec 16th, 2008 07:29 AM

Bagpipes are found all over the world.>

Yes and the world is poorer for it

Just can't stand that lone piper all over Europe these days screeching away


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