Today is a very special day. St. Andrew's Day to be precise.
Greetings to all our members with Scottish ancestry! I've had some fantastic sessions in Scotland, a very beautiful country, and a hotbed of great musical tradition, Irish, Scottish and much more!
Thanks Brian, Yes of course it is. Not being celebrated the same way as St Patrick's Day (down here anyway), and being preoccupied with other things, I clean forgot....though, as we're not too long into it here, there's plenty of scope for celebrating that famous Galileean gent, brother of Simon Peter....eg Zinafest?
A Happy St. Andrew's Day to ye and yours, Brian! I'm born and raised in Noo Yawk but Dad's kin are all from Appin, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. Such a beautiful place...hope to return after I get a few more bills paid and tuitions resolved...
I learned the art of alcohol abuse in scotland when I was sixteen.
Many of the nicest people I ever met were from Scotland; and the single most evil person I ever met was also from Scotland. So we mustn't generalise.
I've had some bad times in Scotland:
I've nearly died of hypothermia;
had my a*se bit by a big dog;
been beaten up;
rained on;
snowed on;
carried off the Skye ferry on a stretcher;
sheltered from a storm in a culvert under the A9 at the top of Drumochter;
slept in a car park in Glenrothes;
been penniless, homeless and jobless.
Not all of these were in the same day.
But I've never been friendless in Scotland - not even at Cardoness, Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfriessshire - a thoroughly corrupt and wicked and shameful place full of hatred and despair. (God bless you Jimmy and Annie Ferguson).
He was the first of the twelve apostles,perhaps Greek ,and also the patron saint of Russia.He never set foot in Scotland.Some of his relics were brought to Fife to the place now known as St. Andrews,the site of the golf course.He was crucified on a cross saltire (X) hence the Scottish flag.
I think you'll find he was from near Galilee, and was a Jew. But the Greek name Andrew or Andreia was used by many Jews around then and meant something like Manhood. Like Fearghas (Fergus) in Scots and Irish Gaelic.
Interesting bit about the origin of the Saltire, though.
Hmm. I like that part of Scotland...well, A bit further North in the Rhinns of Kells, Carsphairn and around there. I used to spend a lot of weekends there as a teenager doing ecology field studies...and boozing in local pubs of course.
So he's gonna be crucified yeah. And he says to the guys who are about to put him to a horrific long and painful death, "I am not worthy. Please please do me in on a diagonal cross."
Good man, Michael, sticking your neck out and speaking your mind, on the national saints day of the country you're a host in - I admire your bravery....and pray tell, how would you like to be crucified, St Michael?
To celebrate St Andrew's Day, we are having a one-off session in the Oddfellows Arms, Beverley, East Yorkshire tonight from 8.30, Wednesday 30th. (the session is usually Tuesdays). Northumbrian, Scottish, Irish and token English tunes will be featured.
(Two-in-a-bar rule will still apply to bodhrans)
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Today is a very special day. St. Andrew's Day to be precise.
Greetings to all our members with Scottish ancestry! I've had some fantastic sessions in Scotland, a very beautiful country, and a hotbed of great musical tradition, Irish, Scottish and much more!
Have a great day lads and lassies!
Brianx
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by briantheflute
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Thanks Brian, Yes of course it is. Not being celebrated the same way as St Patrick's Day (down here anyway), and being preoccupied with other things, I clean forgot....though, as we're not too long into it here, there's plenty of scope for celebrating that famous Galileean gent, brother of Simon Peter....eg Zinafest?
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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A Happy St. Andrew's Day to ye and yours, Brian! I'm born and raised in Noo Yawk but Dad's kin are all from Appin, Aberdeen, and Glasgow. Such a beautiful place...hope to return after I get a few more bills paid and tuitions resolved...
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Greg the Piano Tuner
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Happy St Andrew's day to you all,
Gonna go for a Celidh tonight.
What's everyone else's plans?
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by ecidralla
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Aye, a St Andrew's day to you all, especially to all my Scottish pals, in particular Kenny & Ron P, ....& a'body else fit kens me.
Think I'll wear my best 'Tarten Y Fronts' in honour of the day that's in it! - on the outside of my trousers - of course!
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Ptarmigan
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Scotland - oh the stories I could tell.
I learned the art of alcohol abuse in scotland when I was sixteen.
Many of the nicest people I ever met were from Scotland; and the single most evil person I ever met was also from Scotland. So we mustn't generalise.
I've had some bad times in Scotland:
I've nearly died of hypothermia;
had my a*se bit by a big dog;
been beaten up;
rained on;
snowed on;
carried off the Skye ferry on a stretcher;
sheltered from a storm in a culvert under the A9 at the top of Drumochter;
slept in a car park in Glenrothes;
been penniless, homeless and jobless.
Not all of these were in the same day.
But I've never been friendless in Scotland - not even at Cardoness, Gatehouse of Fleet in Dumfriessshire - a thoroughly corrupt and wicked and shameful place full of hatred and despair. (God bless you Jimmy and Annie Ferguson).
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by showaddydadito
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He was the first of the twelve apostles,perhaps Greek ,and also the patron saint of Russia.He never set foot in Scotland.Some of his relics were brought to Fife to the place now known as St. Andrews,the site of the golf course.He was crucified on a cross saltire (X) hence the Scottish flag.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by dafydd
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I think you'll find he was from near Galilee, and was a Jew. But the Greek name Andrew or Andreia was used by many Jews around then and meant something like Manhood. Like Fearghas (Fergus) in Scots and Irish Gaelic.
Interesting bit about the origin of the Saltire, though.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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Yep Showaddydadito, we know how to have a good time up here.
I'm playing a gig in Gatehouse of Fleet on Saturday night, can't wait.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by curlew
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Yo Curlew
Gatehouse is OK.
But stay out of Cardoness.
Ask if Jimmy Ferguson is in your audience.
Tell him Dave and Molly send their warm regards.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by showaddydadito
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Hmm. I like that part of Scotland...well, A bit further North in the Rhinns of Kells, Carsphairn and around there. I used to spend a lot of weekends there as a teenager doing ecology field studies...and boozing in local pubs of course.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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So he's gonna be crucified yeah. And he says to the guys who are about to put him to a horrific long and painful death, "I am not worthy. Please please do me in on a diagonal cross."
Eedjit.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by llig leahcim
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Good man, Michael, sticking your neck out and speaking your mind, on the national saints day of the country you're a host in - I admire your bravery....and pray tell, how would you like to be crucified, St Michael?
:~}
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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...sorry, the country you're a GUEST in ...
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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To celebrate St Andrew's Day, we are having a one-off session in the Oddfellows Arms, Beverley, East Yorkshire tonight from 8.30, Wednesday 30th. (the session is usually Tuesdays). Northumbrian, Scottish, Irish and token English tunes will be featured.
(Two-in-a-bar rule will still apply to bodhrans)
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by geoffwright
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Someone had better put the blue sheet over Danny for a while til he calms down.
He's a GUEST in England you know. . . . .
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by showaddydadito
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I thought it was funny actually...and anyway I don't think I've slagged off your (mythical) national patron saint.
:~}
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by Rudall the time
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My national patron saint isn't mythical.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by showaddydadito
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I'm probably forgetting the smiley button Danny - I wasn't knocking you down - just highlighting the irony.
etc etc
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by showaddydadito
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If they are there I'll most certainly do that for you Showaddy.
# Posted on November 30th 2005 by curlew