i was gonna say, there is little pure about scotland, except some of the finer beverages.

 

still testing. sort it out blogger people!!

 

aaarrrgghhh

 

this one is anonymous (but from D.K.)

ya know, most of these billy-bob rednecks here wouldn't know the difference between the Scottish Flag and toilet paper. I don't think even floridians would mistake a scots tourist wrapped in a flag for a clansman unless he was also sporting a swastika tatoo on his forehead.

also, since you quoted them, maybe you can clear up if The Proclaimers are beloved in their homeland. I love them, but SNL did such loopy parodies of them that I kind of got the idea they were a bit of joke to scots. So which is it ... national treasures or ? D.K.

AND I ADD - the proclaimers have a following here yes but they are not huge or anything.

 

this is from a rose is a rose is a rose

 

oops...i will try that again... this is from a rose is a rose is a rose (link above)

thanks for reposting this. it was fascinating. i know so little of history (of any kind).

I SAY - Cheers!

 

I doubt people in the southern part of the US even know where Scotland is.

I didn't know about the middle eastern link to Scotland. My great grandparents moved from Scotland to Canada in the late 1800's. My grandfather is quite knowledgeable about his Scottish roots, I will have see if he has heard that.

 

I know about the ME link to Scotland. The story goes that we actually originate from a Nomad tribe in India who travelled through the Middle East, Northern Africa, up through Spain and France, then Cornwall, Ireland and eventually Scotland.

The name 'Scotland' theoretically comes from a Spanish 'princess' who married a Nomad 'Prince' - her name is reputed to have been Scotia.

This naming is unlikely, although looking at a migration over a hundred or more years it is not unfeasible that Scotlands roots are from the Indian sub-continent. Many Irish and west-coast Scots have very dark features, the more blonde side coming from Norse invaders and red hair probably from the Picts. And although Scots music sounds nothing like Indian if you trace it back step by step.... Scots sounds like Irish, which in turn sounds like Cornish, through the celtic regions of France and Spain, etc.... you can see a progression.

Incidentally, this probably does not mean we are descended from Arabs as the Indians (and many Middle Easterners) are actually the original Aryans. That's right, Indians are Aryan. As are Iranians (where do you think Iran got it's name from?).

Regardless of that those KKK scum bastards can kkkiss my arse! Leave Scotland out of your filthy bigotted views. You now that some of them have appropriated the kilt too - fuckers!

 

interesting binty.

scots music is on the pentatonic scale and so is a lot of indian music.

and graeme, the national sport of scotland is emigrating

 

National sport = emigrating? Hmmm.... I am not really in a position to disagree with that, methinks!

 

I have read in mythical accounts of a tribe who refused to persecute the Israelites in Ejypt and later travelled across North Africa to the Iberian penninsula, from whence one of their leaders spotting a land away on the horizon made a voyage to investigate. In this way these people made contact with their predecessors on the island the Aboriginies, the Firbholg and their Gods. After some trickery and tom foolery, and a second voyage the two tribes intermingled and peacefully coexisted. I may have this all mixed up and must recheck my sources, but it makes for interesting mythical reading and postulation. Good post. regards from dubh linn

 

thanks declan

let me know what you manage to find out or put some links on or something