what of the lowlanders??

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:15 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Skauwt.

I am sorry ,but with the admitted arrogance of this Highlander(others too), it is thought that anything that is not the Highlands is, well, the Lowlands and the Central Belt is not in the Highlands!

You do raise a fair point about the Highlanders that moved, from necessity no doubt,to the South. I think that many a Highland kilt never saw the light of day after the move.

Did you ever hear the cry of "kilty,kilty cold bum" whilst you were at school? I did. That was a very common cruel taunt, amongst others, of Lowland school children that gave Highland children hell when at school down south. Certainly guaranteed to dissuade many a Highland child outside their natural surroundings from ever wearing the kilt.

sadly im a wee bit young to have had those taunts i was only born in 78 and being in the central belt folk i went to school with had ancestors from both northern and southern scotland so where more open to the idea of kilts compared to southern counterparts perhaps
as you mentioned in a post a few months back kilts where seen to be mostly a military thing in the past and with the 2 world wars perhaps folk just didn't want to be reminded of the horrors of war regardless of there heritage in the 20th century

i understand that folk from the north may refer to anything south as the lowlands but the central belt is certainly neither the highlands or the lowlands i just wish folk around the world would actually relise that scotland doesnt just consist of lowlands /highlands and that most of the current population of this fine nation actually live in the central belt
i can see the start of the highlands but that doesn't mean im a lowlander due to living slightly south of that geological line

**davidlpope** · 2nd June 10, 12:22 PM

Originally Posted by skauwt

i understand that folk from the north may refer to anything south as the lowlands but the central belt is certainly neither the highlands or the lowlands i just wish folk around the world would actually relise that scotland doesnt just consist of lowlands /highlands and that most of the current population of this fine nation actually live in the central belt

You mean Gordon Menzies got it wrong?

From the Gaberlunzie song "Schiehallion":

Chorus:
Schiehallion, Schiehallion, I hear your voice calling
Across the great glen to the coast of Argyle
The Lowlands, the Highlands, the Borders, the Islands
All drink tae the back o' Schiehallion

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:25 PM

Originally Posted by davidlpope

You mean Gordon Menzies got it wrong?

Chorus:
Schiehallion, Schiehallion, I hear your voice calling
Across the great glen to the coast of Argyle
The Lowlands, the Highlands, the Borders, the Islands
All drink tae the back o' Schiehallion

it seems so

**Jock Scot** · 2nd June 10, 12:33 PM

Not at all. The Highlands are the Highlands, the Isles are the Isles, the Lowlands are the Lowlands and Borders are the Borders which are not the Highlands!

**skauwt** · 2nd June 10, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

Not at all. The Highlands are the Highlands, the Isles are the Isles, the Lowlands are the Lowlands and Borders are the Borders which are not the Highlands!

and the central belt ....well is the central belt