To: Jhoffa_
These guys really don't look like "the Ladies from Hell" in the original meaning of the term. LOL!!! For those who don't know anything about Scots, in battle they were refered to as the Ladies from Hell.
To: DJ MacWoW
Actually it was the pipes themselves that were known as the "Ladies From Hell". The Germans during WWI were the first to use this term during a battle when the Scots came out of the trenches behind a piper and turned the tide. As the Germans said they "sounded like Ladies from Hell".
As a Scotsman by heritage I proudly own and wear a kilt, and own a wonderful collection of bagpipe CDs, plus a great video "The Ladies From Hell" which tells the history of the Highlanders and Pipes in battle down through the ages.
39 posted on
04/06/2003 7:51:21 PM PDT by
redangus
To: DJ MacWoW
For those who don't know anything about Scots, in battle they were refered to as the Ladies from Hell. More precisely and more alliteratively, as The Ladies from Hades.
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63 posted on
04/07/2003 12:41:53 PM PDT by
archy
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