To: Cogadh na Sith
Bagpipes strike me as more martial than liturgical. I very much doubt they were used in church activities in Pre-Reformation Scotland. Are they even used by Scottish churches today?
On the other hand, the instrument might work in a Catholic context in processions on saints' feast days and similar efforts.
261 posted on
10/25/2006 9:28:37 PM PDT by
Dumb_Ox
(http://kevinjjones.blogspot.com)
To: Dumb_Ox
Are they even used by Scottish churches today? Yes. For funerals and weddings--both Presbyterian and Catholic. The Highlanders were majority Catholic until the clans were broken in 1745.
They use 'em like crazy in churches in Ireland....
The difference between playing a wedding and a funeral is that there is one less critic of your playing at a funeral....
262 posted on
10/25/2006 9:41:05 PM PDT by
Cogadh na Sith
(There's an open road from the cradle to the tomb.)
To: Dumb_Ox
Was there really a reformation in Scotland?
309 posted on
10/26/2006 1:41:59 PM PDT by
ichabod1
(Face it, every empire comes to an end, and ours is on the down hill slope.)
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