Chilling words that triggered the bloody massacre of clan MacDonald at Glencoe to go on display

The Scotsman ^ | 11-21-09 | Tim Cornwell and Oliver Tree

[Dysart]

The decree:

[bcsco]

I followed the ‘properties’ link for the image. I wish it were a larger image as it’s very hard to read. It does appear, however to be the back side of a letter, with some of the other side showing through, making it that more difficult to read...

[Dysart]

[gussiefinknottle]

well, dang!

[bcsco]

WOW! Thanks.

[Lancey Howard]

The massacre – with the Campbells ordered to attack their hosts after enjoying their hospitality – inspired writers and artists from Sir Walter Scott to The Corries.

I heard the MacDonald clan hospitality included plenty of cheeseburgers.

[Dysart]

May not be g3 but still of interest to your lists

[Lady Jag]

Amazing! There are some MacDonalds I have to tell about this although it’ll probably rile them all up again.

[Lady Jag]

I thought it was tomato soup.

[Citizen Soldier]

Interesting. I have been to Glencoe and have a painting of it in my home. My family’s surname is a MacDonald clan name link. If anyone wants to read more about the misery brought on the clans by the English who took over the lands to raise sheep read a small Scottish book called “The Highland Clearances” by John Prebble. I also have a downloaded song called “The Battle of Glencoe” that tells the tale of the Campbell MacDonald history. There is a quote in the beginning of the book that says “Since you have preferred sheep to men let sheep defend you!”

[bgill]

Brobdingnagian Bards (!) sing a little diddy against the Jacobites.

http://www.thebards.net/music/lyrics/Ye_Jacobites_By_Name.shtml

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Dysart. I may ping this one or link to in the week, possibly in topics clipping one of these postworthy articles:

• Hunters' remains earliest known
• So that's what the Romans gave us -- more historic camps than anywhere

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[Lancey Howard]

I thought it was tomato soup.

The Campbells brought Bean with Bacon soup. That soup contained 239 beans.
(One more would have been "too-farty".)

[ReneeLynn]

Ping!

[Lady Jag]

How did they know how many beans they needed?

[bachelorduke]

I would enjoy these sorts of exhibits more if they didn’t implicate tax issues that concern me deeply. In the UK, these exhibits have a sinister purpose — it is a tool used by the left to crush the aristocracy. It is on-going; look up the recent sale of a Raphael by the Duke of Northumberland.

Fact is, when you see these collections, what you’re seeing is a piece of the corpse of an ancient historic estate which has been destroyed by inheritance and luxury taxes. For example, Abbotsford was a shrine to Sir Walter Scott (he built it, and loved it), all those manuscripts, and his tartans, and the Raeburn portraits of him, were displayed there by his descendants even before inheritance taxes forced others to do similar things. Now, Abbotsford is just a house and a garden and most of this stuff, owned by the govt as payment in lieu of inheritance tax, is scattered to the winds.

I’m against inheritance tax period, but even if I were willing to accept that that the Duke of Norfolk must pay taxes on the lands given to his ancestors by Edward I on the theory that parliament, as de facto heirs of Edward I can revoke the gift, I think it is monstrous that the Duke of Buccleuch must pay taxes on the painting “Winter.”

That painting came about when Lady Caroline Scott as a toddler rushed in to the room where her brother was being painted. The artist was so enchanted by the sight of the pretty child wrapped up to go out in snow, he painted her on the spot without even promise of pay. The Scott family have to pay huge taxes on this now (in the UK, it’s not just at death, it’s also a luxury tax every year). Some day you’ll see this painting in an exhibit in Edinburgh. And I think that’s bs.

[Lancey Howard]

239?
(One more would have been 240.)

[Dysart]

I'm acquainted with the catastrophic inheritance laws in the UK, though I was unaware of any tie-in to historical treasures. It is maddening. I posted an article on this very topic a day or three ago you might want to read:

Let Them Inherit Debt

[iowamark]