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Scots and pork
« on: July 21, 2007, 03:54:36 PM »
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Dr Johnson found an "abhorrence" of pork and bacon on Skye in the 1770s.

It is not very easy to fix the principles upon which mankind have agreed to eat some animals, and reject others; and as the principle is not evident, it is not uniform. […] The vulgar inhabitants of Sky, I know not whether of the other islands, have not only eels, but pork and bacon in abhorrence, and accordingly I never saw a hog in the Hebrides, except one at Dunvegan.[6]

Mackenzie suggested that a verse in the English satirical song The Brewer from A Collection of Loyal Songs referred to the taboo:

The Jewish Scots that scorn to eat
The flesh of swine and Brewer's beat
'Twas the sight of this hogshead made 'em retreat
Which nobody can deny!
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Re: Scots and pork
« Reply #1 on: July 21, 2007, 04:04:11 PM »
The Scots civilized the Anglo-Saxon barbarians who invaded these isles.   ;D

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« Reply #2 on: July 21, 2007, 04:08:54 PM »
The Scots civilized the Anglo-Saxon barbarians who invaded these isles.   ;D
Sounds right to me :laugh:
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Re: Scots and pork
« Reply #3 on: July 21, 2007, 05:43:23 PM »
Lost tribes, perhaps?

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« Reply #4 on: July 21, 2007, 05:56:28 PM »
COULD BE
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« Reply #5 on: July 21, 2007, 05:58:16 PM »
I thought 'Maccabees' sounded Scottish. :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

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« Reply #6 on: July 21, 2007, 06:01:13 PM »
I thought that ethnic Scots were descended from some ancient tribe that used to hang around near the Middle East, possibly the Scythians?


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« Reply #7 on: July 21, 2007, 06:07:35 PM »
Yes many people say that the lost tribes were the Scythians
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« Reply #8 on: July 21, 2007, 06:14:14 PM »
Scotts (paticularly the highlanders from the islands) were always Britain's fiercest and meanest soldiers. Those kilts could come from the tunics worn by the Israelites. There's also something about a large body of water separating the lost tribes from the rest of Israel.

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« Reply #9 on: July 21, 2007, 06:16:17 PM »
I'm sorry but I have to say that I don't believe Scots are 'lost Jews', I just believe that they have some Middle Eastern genes.

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« Reply #10 on: July 21, 2007, 06:16:53 PM »
Scotts (paticularly the highlanders from the islands) were always Britain's fiercest and meanest soldiers. Those kilts could come from the tunics worn by the Israelites. There's also something about a large body of water separating the lost tribes from the rest of Israel.
Yes it some ocean or river called i think sambatya
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« Reply #11 on: July 21, 2007, 06:18:10 PM »
I'm sorry but I have to say that I don't believe Scots are 'lost Jews', I just believe that they have some Middle Eastern genes.
That can be true also but many say the scythians were the lost tribes
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« Reply #12 on: July 21, 2007, 06:18:47 PM »
The scotts also used to throw off their kilts and fight naked. This could have been from the greeks.

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« Reply #13 on: July 21, 2007, 06:20:27 PM »
The scotts also used to throw off their kilts and fight naked. This could have been from the greeks.
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« Reply #14 on: July 21, 2007, 06:24:44 PM »
The scotts also used to throw off their kilts and fight naked. This could have been from the greeks.
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

The old kilts were a real big thing that covered the whole body and carried their supplies and served as tents. Underneath, the scotts would have their whole bodies covered in that blue dye.

Imagine a naked blue scott charging at you with a sword!

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« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2007, 06:26:10 PM »
The old kilts were a real big thing that covered the whole body and carried their supplies and served as tents. Underneath, the scotts would have their whole bodies covered in that blue dye.

Imagine a naked blue scott charging at you with a sword!


Being charged by a naked Scotsman is an Englishwoman's idea of heaven.   ;D

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« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2007, 06:29:23 PM »
 ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D that's funny ;D
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