Quote Originally Posted by wvpiper View Post
That bagpipes were banned and players faced the penalty of death by the Act of Proscription.
Actually, that is true. However, a similar incident did occur.
Just after the Jacobite uprisings, the government had captured a Jacobite (no duh). When they charged him, he claimed he wasn't a soldier but, only a mere Piper as well a Jacobite. They then decided to consider pipes a weapon, thus allowing them to kill him. Now, I don't remember his name nor when exactly this happened, I used to, but now I don't. I'll look for it.