Bagpipes And Drums Music West Fife Schools Pipe Band Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video compilation of the Scottish bagpipes and drums music of the West Fife Schools Pipe Band on visit to Markinch in Fife. The Great Highland Bagpipe or Piob Mhor, is an instrument with opposing harsh shrills and graceful tones, meant to be played outdoors, in the open countryside and it is well suited in inspiring Scotsmen, and women, on the field of battle and in the aftermath, mourning the fallen, or celebrating victory. Through history, pipers are remembered for being mortally or seriously wounded the latter whilst continuing to play in the face of adversity. The kilt first appeared as the great kilt, the breacan or belted plaid, during the 16th century in the Scottish Highlands and is Gaelic in origin. The filleadh mòr or great kilt was a full length garment whose upper half could be worn as a cloak draped over the shoulder, or brought up over the head. A version of the filleadh beag, philibeg, or small kilt, was also known as the walking kilt. The small kilt or modern kilt emerged in the 18th century, and is essentially the bottom half of the great kilt. Since the 19th century, it has become associated with the wider culture of Scotland, and more broadly with Gaelic or Celtic heritage. It is most often made of woollen cloth in a tartan pattern.
Fife is a name of obscure etymology. Tradition has it that the name is derived from an eponymous Fib, one of the seven sons of Cruithne, legendary founding father of the Picts.

Hugh Fife, aged 38, was a miner, who arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship William Stevenson; Thomas Fife, aged 26, arrived in South Australia in 1855 aboard the ship Punjab; Agnes Fife, aged 16, arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship London in 1842; Francis Fife, landed in Virginia, America, in 1701; John Fife, landed in New England, America, in 1738; John Fife settled in Maryland, America, in 1739.

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