Southland Teen Becomes First Californian To Win Scottish Highland Dancing World Championship

CBSLA.com) ^ | October 1, 2013 7:16 PM

[Vendome]

LOL

Good call.

[RegulatorCountry]

Scotland derives its name from the Scoti tribe of Ireland. In a sense, the Irish invented the Scots. :^]

And the tribe was so named in honor of Scota, legendarily an Egyptian queen.

Quite the tangle of historical humanity on that island, ain't it, lol?

[Oratam]

Is she bonny?

[JimRed]

A lot of today’s kids would consider ethnic dancing “uncool”, unless the “eth” was non-whiteEuopean. Then it’s WAY cool!

[justa-hairyape]

My people are Celts and were there before the Scots arrived.

So you were probably considered one of the ancient or original clans when Scotland was formed ?

[justa-hairyape]

And the tribe was so named in honor of Scota, legendarily an Egyptian queen.

A Pharaoh's daughter from what I have read.

[OldNewYork]

And she was named Scota for her Scythian ancestry, and to honor the ruling Scythian dynasty in Egypt.

[justa-hairyape]

Never heard there was a Scythian dynasty ruling Egypt. Very interesting. From what I read the Scythian king's son had been bitten by a snake and he took his son down to Egypt to see Moses. His son was cured by Moses who told them they would find an Island that had no snakes. Of course that all sounds like folklore or just legendary stuff. Supposedly the Scythian King married Scotia the Pharoah's daughter and then went on their quest to find the island.

At any rate, the ancient Scots composed quite a few lineages. The Irish Dal Riada, the Picts, the Vikings and also some Celts from England.