B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet

B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet — page 7 — The skirl high pitched wail of the bagpipes is often heard in Nova Scotia Latin for New Scotland Scottish people began immigrating to Nova Scotia in the early 1600s While living in Scotland under British rule the Scottish people were forbidden to speak their Gaelic language and were not permitted to wear the tartans of their clans The playing of the bagpipes was also out lawed In Nova Scotia the Scots were free to live as they chose Festivals such as the Gathering of the Clans and the Highland Games celebrate Scottish history and culture Today Scots form the largest cultural group in Nova Scotia and the bagpipes can be heard across province the

B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet — page 8

B is for Bluenose: A Nova Scotia Alphabet — page 9 — B is for Bagpipes Lines of pipers march in drills Music echoes through the hills Parades of plaids go marching by while Celtic tunes soar to sky the

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