>> My pipe band is learning Flett from Flotta and are curious about
>> the name. Does anyone know what it means? It's a cute march.
> Flotta is a place in Orkney. Mr Flett is a chap from there -
> a musician I think.
You find the name Flett in fishing ports all round Scotland, and probably
down the North Sea coast of England. Most of them are Brethren (the name
outsiders give to the Baptist sect that doesn't have a name for itself).
All the Brethren fisherfolk are closely related.
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