On Fri, 22 Sep 2006, Dave Cragg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote:
The people of Edinburgh and the area to the south east did fight with
the Angles of Northumbria. But these were neither Picts nor Scots.
They were Britons who spoke what today would be recognised as Welsh.
Interestingly, these battles are more remembered in Welsh history
than in Scottish history. (Also, some people think Arthur was the
leader of a tribe of Scottish Britons, and that he fought against
both Angles and Picts.) Eventually, the Angles dominated south east
Scotland and the Scots and Picts dominated the remainder of the
country. The use of "Welsh" in Scotland died out.
The database I based my judgment on was small, and I had warned you that
only about 99% of my story was true. There were so many different
kingdoms or territories governed by warlords at that time that one can
easily become confused.
But I think the general picture is true.
It is rumoured that there are many missing libraries of that period,
thought to be hidden in southern Scotland somewhere. It may be that
one of these libraries has got buried in the Rev IDE. (Some of those
scripts look like Welsh to me.)
I also read somehwere that the Romans introduced the bagpipes to
Scotland, but left before they taught people how to tune them.
Cheers
Dave
It could well be that the Romans instroduced the instrument to Scotland,
but did not particularly like the sounds coming out of it.
A quote from Wikipedia:
"Nero is reported to have said he would play them (bagpipe is plural in
Latin) in public as a penance for not winning a poetry contest".-
In case my comments were felt to be offensive, I apologize to the
Scottish branch of my family, who are however living more near Glasgow.
Cheers,
Wilhelm
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