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Post by Waverley on Oct 25, 2007 18:23:31 GMT 1
Here is an excellent link to the history of the Covenanters and their struggle to establish their right as Presbyterians to worship God in the way they believed in...despite being hounded and persecuted for their beliefs they never wavered in this struggle for religious freedom. www.sorbie.net/covenanters.htm
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2007 20:37:25 GMT 1
Once again Charlie great reading .learning all the time
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Post by asbo on Nov 20, 2007 22:53:20 GMT 1
Waverley - I understood that John Graham of Claverhouse was known as 'Bonnie Dundee' by his admirers but 'Bloody Clavers' by his enemies.
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Post by Waverley on Nov 21, 2007 9:31:44 GMT 1
Yes that is true...he is affectionally know as 'Bonnie Dundee' by the romantics and Jacobites of Scots history but known as 'Bloody Clavers' in Covenanting communities because of his mistreatment of Presbyterians and I am sure he was responsible personally for shooting several Covenanters in cold blood in front of their families. John Brown comes to mind but I will check it out...
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Post by Waverley on Jan 19, 2008 10:06:01 GMT 1
On the 19th of January in 1644 a Scottish army under command of the Earl of Leven crossed the river Tweed into England . It remained in England for three years, playing an important part in the Civil War fighting for the Parliamentarians. The Scots fought at the Battle of Marston Moor and were heavily involved in the siege of Newark.
Amazingly there wasn't a bit of tartan to be seen so much for your tartan army...they wore blue sashes and blue ribbons in their hair and from their blue bonnets as a field sign which was known as 'Montrose's Whimsies'. However the Northern English or Geordie word for ribbons was 'jockies' and ever since the name Jock has been assigned to Scots soldiers.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2008 20:02:48 GMT 1
Always wondered why the English called us jocks. I thought it was something to do with the Gaelic language
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Post by pitbull on Apr 27, 2008 22:03:28 GMT 1
great reading charlie very intriguing, i only got halfway through the phone rang. but wil go back to it i liked the bit about the blue bonnets, i always believed the blue bonnets to of been a load of clans from both sides of the border and when anyone attacked any name or clan the war cry was BLUE BONNETS TO THE BORDER.
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Post by Waverley on Apr 27, 2008 22:18:55 GMT 1
Blue Bonnets Over The Border is a pipe tune PitBull written in commemoration of Charles Stuart's Jacobite Army invading England in 1745
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