Welcome to 11th Day of Christmas Haiku, Eleven Pipers Piping.
Graceful tartan plaids
With auld bag pipes and wee drums.
Soar, golden eagle.
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Happy New Year 2019!
In previous versions of “12 Days of Christmas” the pipers piping were ladies dancing, ladies spinning, badgers baiting, lords a-leading, lads a-louping or bulls a-beating.
The pipers piping might be a remembrance of the shepherds siting by the fire the night Jesus was born and, most probably, playing their pipes. Later bagpipes were used by musicians and became a symbol associated with Scottish fighters and soldiers.
The french bagpipe was called musette and was played by the upper class during 17th-18th centuries only to be picked up by rural people later on.
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