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Ireland gave Scotland whisky and the Scots perfected it. Ireland gave Scotland bagpipes and the Scots didn’t get the joke.

• oldgradstudent 7y ago
  > Ireland gave Scotland bagpipes and the Scots didn’t get the joke. They even spread it across the empire. https://youtu.be/vkYbSwb0s4E https://youtu.be/vkYbSwb0s4E
  • hackbinary 7y ago
    Bagpipes are amongst one of the oldest instruments, and originated in central Asia. Also, Japanese whisky is amazing.
    • cptnapalm 7y ago
      For relaxing times, make it Suntory time.
    • oldgradstudent 7y ago
      > Bagpipes are amongst one of the oldest instruments, and originated in central Asia. Definitely, but local bagpipes were mostly replaced with the modern Great Highland bagpipe[1], just like local bowed string instruments[2] were mostly replaced with the modern violin family. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_bagpipe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Highland_bagpipe [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebab https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebab
  • anonu 7y ago
    Dabke is the traditional dance from Lebanon. Bagpipes are Scottish (or I guess Irish). And somehow it all ends up in Jordan. You got to love the cross-pollination of cultures.
• s_dev 7y ago
  Uilleann pipes are far nicer sounding.