Word: clansmen
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Died. Tolbert Hatfield, 89, justice of the peace, one of the clansmen who survived the famed Hatfield-McCoy feud; in bed, of pneumonia; in Ransom...
Last week Holmdel attracted some 6,000 clansmen dressed in kilts and plaids. Main event of the day, as usual, was the piping contest. Contestants were judged on points, 100 being regarded as a perfect score. Twenty-five of the hundred points were allowed for time, 25 for tone, 50 for execution (the technique of trills and capers with which every good piper decks out the tune he is playing). If a piper missed a melodic trick, or if he allowed his reed to "choke" (stop vibrating for lack of air), he was docked a point...
...Scottish clansmen accustomed to gather each year and greet the Monarch with a loyal demonstration after his arrival at Balmoral (TIME, Sept. 28) were informed last week that King Edward had discontinued this practice and also would not drive out behind the Royal greys. The 40 stable grooms and coachmen who accompanied the Monarch in previous years to Balmoral were left in London last week and the custom of inviting a Cabinet minister to reside in attendance upon the King in Scotland was also discontinued. Constitutionally the King can act only upon the advice and with the countersignature...
...CLANSMEN - Ethel Boileau - Dutton ($2.50). Pretentious history of a landed Scottish family, treating exhaustively the amorous career of a solid young scion, who is likely to interest the reader much less than he does the author...
...place only between different clans. From Shot-in-the-Arm, Ethnologist Lowie learned that clans provided groupings for competitive entertainment, heard about war games between the Whistling Waters and Greasy Mouths. Clansman fought for clansman, avenged a murder by killing the murderer or a member of his clan. Since clansmen were considered brothers, and since men could take all manner of liberties with a blood-brother's wife, the wives of fellow-clans-men were practically common property within the clan. It was this involved matter of Crow etiquette that deceived Prince Maximilian, led him to list Crow women...