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FAIRRRRRGUSS....FAIRRRRRGUSSS.....FAIRRRRRGUSSS... ..FAIRRRRRGUSSS.....FAIRRRRRGUSSS.....FAIRRRRRGUSS S.....FAIRRRRRGUSSS.....
It starts a happening tomorrow....come on lads and lassies.... Great Music.... See how the DUTCH have influenced the Tattoo....Sheep shearing...Chicken Sporrans....The Games!.... The Music! The parties! The beer tent. The fabulous kiltmakers.... The SOKS getting hosed! See how many times McMurdo will change his outfit in one day! It will be a grand weekend. Film at eleven!
Not only that, but the word "Tattoo" itself, which comes from the Dutch tap toe, which means to shut the taps off -- doe den tap toe. Drummers from British Regiments stationed in the Low Countries would march through villages each evening to give the command to return to barracks from the taverns.

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