Quote Originally Posted by Mael Coluim View Post
Found this article today at the Panalba website.

Tartan During Proscription

This law was ruthlessly enforced on both Jacobite and Hanovarian clans in the Highlands for the first few years. Duncan Ban MacIntyre, the premiere Gaelic poet of his time, had fought with the Royalists at Culloden. His bitter poem Oran do’n bhriogais (“Song of the Pants”) ends with, “I think it is an ill reward, For the men who went campaigning, To deprive them of their raiment, Though by their help Duke William won.”
Correction: Duncan Ban MacIntyre did not fight at Culloden. He fought against the Jacobites at Falkirk...and, lost his borrowed, rusty sword in the process. His musket he named, "NicCosheum", which is what I named my pipes. Thanks for recalling the name of the great Highland poet.