Anonymous ID: ac8f9d Dec. 31, 2017, 6:02 p.m. No.219525   🗄️.is 🔗kun

My comfy music for the day is the Scots celebratory song Oran Na Cloiche, this rendition by Manran.

 

youtube.com /watch?v=woydj4RX4mY

 

According to the BBC, "It is not only social history which is recorded with gentle wit, but also significant events. An example of this is Òran na Cloiche (The Song of the Stone) which describes the reclamation (or the theft) of the Stone of Scone (Stone of Destiny) from Westminster Abbey to Scotland by a group of students in 1950. This incident is recorded with a sharp satirical tongue. It also echoes a legend stating that, as long as the Stone of Scone remains in the country, the people of Scotland will stand united."

bbc.co.uk /scotland/arts/legacy_of_gaelic_song

 

I don't buy, in the least, the spin that the event was a prank or that the song is tongue in cheek. The Stone of Destiny was used for coronations.

 

I pray that all nations may feel the same spirit of freedom to be who they really are.