Black tie, Prince Charlie, but the tie is DECIDEDLY not black

[Jock Scot]

Yes, The English do often get blamed for historical misdeeds when it was actually the British who were at fault. I have more than once heard it myself and quite often and only recently at the visitor centre at Culloden. After listening to this misinformation too many times that day, I took the guide aside and reminded him that more Scots fought on the British side than on the side of Bonny Prince Charlie.He was, unsurprisingly, not best pleased with me. To his credit he went and checked and later on in the day he actually found me and confirmed what I had told him.

In my experience the English do regularly get blamed for just about everything by the Scots, including the weather! Its just one of those things, the English just have to live with!

[Father Bill]

Of course the weather is the fault of the English.
...and by the way, Jock, what do the Welsh and Irish contribute to the general ill?

[Jock Scot]

Of course the weather is the fault of the English.
...and by the way, Jock, what do the Welsh and Irish contribute to the general ill?

I am not sure if the Welsh in any number were represented at the battle, but I think the Irish had a part to play in the BPC's team.In the following later years, particularly in the Fort William area the Irish were represented by a large team of navies who much later tunnelled right through the base of Ben Nevis. A Huge tunnel that is still in use today and is undeniably a magnificent feat of engineering.They also had a hand in the construction of the Caledonian Canal too and another magnificent piece of engineering that is still in use today. Many of their ancestors still reside here in the locality in fair numbers.

[Father Bill]

I appreciate the history. My reference meant more about what they're normally blamed for in various other circumstances.

[Jock Scot]

I appreciate the history. My reference meant more about what they're normally blamed for in various other circumstances.

AH RIGHT! Sorry. I can't speak for other parts of Scotland, Glasgow for example, but the local resident Irish community here appear pretty much, to keep themselves to themselves, but not in an exclusive way and as far as I am aware, they are no more blamed for local upset than anyone else. I am not aware of any Welsh connections around here.