Lovely. Thanks! Same song all around the world eh?

 

Hey, great post. Always interesting to learn some history.

That is what I like about Europe. Well, one of the things. People actually take pride in their history. Here, no one gives a shit. I am not talking about being nationalistic, people love to do that here, but simply being aware of your roots.

I feel I am lucky that my family stills keeps our Norwegian traditions alive on one side and our Scottish ones on the other. I remember when I was a kid, I hated my first name because it was different and people didn't know how to say it. Now, i love it.

 

we (americans) don't know that much about your history. well it's our fault. even if we don't learn it in school we always have the ability to learn it on our own. i know a bit about ireland-england but not much on scotland-england. i'm going to get my ass in gear and do some research. thanks for the posting

oh and i LOVE the proclaimers!

 

Great post - as has been said always good to learn a bit of history - I suspect that I am in a minority in that I hate The Proclaimers... - Just take care you don't fall foul of the English Nationalists!

 

As a young American working in London, I once made the mistake of asking a Scotsman what part of Ireland he was from.

A man in his 60's, he didn't kick my ass, but you could tell that he really, really wanted to.

 

Thanks for posting on this...I have Scots via Kentucky in my family tree- and I really should understand the History better....

 

Rex, I have a better one than that... One of my money-spinning ventures over here in South East Asia is playing in cheesy celtic band (with and Englishman and an Irishman... we should be called 'The Bad Joke') and last St Pats day we played at the local American Club. After all the explaining to this one couple that I wasn't Irish but Scots I got the usual guff about Braveheart and 'My grandmother's cousins brother-in-laws dog was Scotch (sic)' I got the old favourite "Edinburgh was my favourite place in England".

Through clenched teeth I once again had to explain the geographical and political boundaries within the UK...

 

I thought all this happened because Kyle and Eric, (I'm sorry, I meant Scotland) had the better beer?

 

i am from new scotland
but not of scottish ancestry

 

As a Scottish-American I have grown up hearing stories of anger and bitterness towards England for the many injustices (we hail from the Glasgow region). So I hold a lot of pride in my heritage. It is in my blood and I get shivers everytime I hear the traditional songs and bagpipes.

That song by The Proclaimers is one of my favorites. I loved it the first time that I heard it.

SCOTLAND THE BRAVE!!!!