“I gave a kiss, a kiss, a kiss I gave a kiss to the King's hand No man who filled a sheepskin… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“it is doubtful if they could differentiate between pibroch and a proctalgic twinge.” — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“Pipers at the Edinburgh contest were using two-droned pipes up until 1821, when such pipes were forbidden, because they allegedly gave an… — Alistair Campsie Unfair advantage Copy Share Image
“The outrage which greeted the announcement that the Scottish Arts Council had awarded me a Writer's Bursary to complete this book scrutinising… — Alistair Campsie Writing Copy Share Image
“was an advanced eccentric, and had the disconcerting habit of seizing people in the High Street of Edinburgh, and chanting and crooning… — Alistair Campsie Eccentric Copy Share Image
“with a predeliction for enticing people to approach him, then punching or kicking them in the testicles. He was Angus MacKay, Queen Victoria's… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“Against the "supposed cause of insanity" is emphatically stated: "Disappointment and drink", bearing out the original newspaper story. But a later hand has… — Alistair Campsie Journalism Copy Share Image
“Musick they have, but not the harmony of the sphears, but loud terrene noises, like the bellowing of beasts; the loud bagpipe… — Alistair Campsie Music Copy Share Image
“When owing to the infirmity of his years, he could not play the Warpipe, he would sit in a sheltered spot, facing… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“The Act also forbade the carrying of weapons, later claimed to ban the bagpipes, which had been judicially declared a weapon of… — Alistair Campsie War Copy Share Image
“It would have come as a considerable shock to Arch. Campbell and other members of the Piob. Society to know that when… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
“is to certify that someone so far unidentified wrote deliberate errors into the corrected final proofs of this book after they left… — Alistair Campsie Copy Share Image
