Bagpipers of the 1st Scots Guards

Bagpipers of the 1st Scots Guards

Framed Art Print

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9th Xhosa War (Kaffir Wars; Cape Frontier Wars) Royal Scots Fusiliers with Piper

1879 engraving of the 9th Xhosa War: Evening promenade

with the Royal Scots Fusiliers at Landman's Drift

According to Wikipedia: The Xhosa Wars, also known as the Kaffir Wars or Cape Frontier Wars, were a series of nine wars between the amaXhosa people and European settlers from 1779 to 1879 in what is now the Eastern Cape in South Africa. The wars were responsible for the amaXhosa people's loss of most of their land, and the incorporation of its people. This 9th [and last] war was a feeble attempt by the amaXhosa returning from diamond fields to regain control of their land. All amaXhosa territory then became part of the Cape Colony.

Purcel the Piper in Just-Published Irish Folklore Collection"

As promised, here is the link for the Irish folklore collection, Turf Fire Stories and Fairy Tales of Ireland:



The book features many rare Irish tales, including Purcel the Piper.

Musicians, One a Piper

French Bagpiper in the Street

Cock of the North

A sweet vintage postcard image.

Turf Fire Stories and Fairy Tales of Ireland

"Purcel the Piper," one of the bagpipe legends in The Piper Came to Our Town, is from the collection Turf Fire Stories and Fairy Tales of Ireland by Barry O'Connor and edited by yours truly. This book will be available soon, and I'll post the details as soon as I have them!