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What is very remarkable about Scotland, kilts, bagpipes, haggis, oatmeal, whiskey and tartan?

None of the above is Scottish.

Scotland (eng. Scotland, that is, "the country of the Scots") is named after the Celtic tribe that came from Ireland and settled on the lands that were conquered in the XNUMXth-XNUMXth centuries AD. e. The ancient Romans called it Caledonia. By the XNUMXth century, the Scots already dominated the entire territory of mainland Scotland. "Scott Gaelic" is actually a dialect of the Irish language.

The kilt (a piece of Scottish men's clothing; it is a piece of cloth wrapped around the waist and fastened with buckles and straps) was invented by the Irish, but the word itself is Danish (kilte op - "fold").

Bagpipes came from antiquity and were most likely invented in Central Asia. They are mentioned in the Old Testament (the Book of the prophet Daniel, 3: 5, 10, 15) and in Greek poetry of the XNUMXth century BC. e. The Romans probably brought them to Britain, but the earliest examples of Pictish carving date back to the XNUMXth century AD. e.

Haggis (a dish of lamb giblets minced with onions, oatmeal, bacon, spices and salt and boiled in a sheep's or mutton's stomach) was an ancient Greek sausage. (Aristophanes, in his comedy Clouds, 423 BC, mentions how one such sausage exploded.)

Oatmeal has been found in the stomachs of at least 5000-year-old Neolithic human remains preserved in swamps in Central Europe and Scandinavia.

Whiskey was invented in ancient China. Before Scotland, it came to Ireland, and at first it was distilled by monks. The word "whiskey" itself (English whiskey) comes from the Irish uisge beatha, and it, in turn, from the Latin aqua vitae, or "water of life".

The intricate system of clan tartans (or "tartans") is a pure myth that arose at the beginning of the 1745th century. All Scottish costumes, including all kinds of tartans and plaids, were banned after the Jacobite rising of 1822. To mark the high visit of King George IV to Edinburgh in XNUMX, the English garrisons began to invent their own tartans. The burst of fashion for "plaid" was also facilitated by the statement of Queen Victoria that only people dressed in their tartans would be invited and allowed to royal dinners and balls.

Scottish inventions and discoveries are quite different things: the Bank of England; "British Encyclopedia"; typhoid vaccine; bicycle pedals; US Navy; lawn mower; hypnosis; propeller screw; trucks; tar; decimal point; a gun loaded through the breech; mirror telescope; insulin; adhesive stamps; paddle steamer; condensation chamber; corn starch; medicine for malaria; logarithms; marmalade; inflatable wheels; paraffin; steam hammer; piano pedals; fountain pen; raincoat; postmark; wire rope; radar; savings banks; magnetic resonance scanner; fingerprinting; lime juice; speedometer; car insurance; teletype; thermos; tubular steel; ultrasound scanner; Universal Standard Time; chloroform; color photograph; Kelvin scale; hypodermic syringes; an electric generator powered by wave energy; electromagnetism; cell nucleus.

Author: John Lloyd, John Mitchinson

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