Tip - Why are bagpipes played at funerals?

Published 10 years ago | Submitted by lt Gerya AM Dgt

Why are Scottish bagpipes played at funerals for policemen and firefighters? Elsa ? ? ? Dear Elsa, Playing bagpipes and uillean pipes at funerals is a longstanding tradition among Irish and Scots that came to the New World wholesale during the potato famine. Denied all but the toughest and most dangerous jobs at a [...]
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