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Although the bagpipe was never banned, 12 people were prosecuted at Inverness Court between 1749 and 1754 for wearing tartan.
Birls may be made that little bit smoother by applying gently rubbing the pinkie against the (outside of!) the nose.
Bob Brown on The Glen is Mine: "you cut up, and slide down". tobarandualchais.co.uk/en/fu…
Pipe Major Sandy Jones was the first American awarded the Balvenie Medal for services to piping on October 28th, 2017 during the 2017 Glenfiddich Solo Piping Championship in Blair Atholl, Scotland. (h/t @RamblinJD)
John Peter MacLeod, winner of the 1907 Gold Medal at Oban, is believed to have been the illegitimate son of Edward VII.
The bagpipe theorem: every ω-bounded connected surface is the sum of a compact connected surface and a finite number of long pipes.
The birthplace of Willie Ross in Glen Strathfarrar goo.gl/maps/YaKumLQ3ELDHftGy…
The Glengarry became the common piper's headgear after being introduced by the pipers of the 79th Foot.
A blowpipe valve may be secure when you suck on it from one side, but not when you blow from the other.
Bagpipe cane, Arundo Donax, comes in male and female varieties. But which is better for reeds? Well...
Irving Berlin wrote a parody of his famous Alexander's Ragtime Band: Alexander's Bagpipe Band. youtu.be/93FQp27CBFM
PM Rab Pinkman, KOSB, wrote the tune Itchy Fingers for the students of the Army Catering College's pipe band.