Lowlanders are not anglo-Saxon! Were a mix of pict/brittonic/irish! DNA tests revealed mostly Pictish/Irish DNA,the britons were a Celtic people in southern scotland and the DNA is still found in south Scotland and north England and wales, the reivers were most likey Celtic Britons, the anglo-Saxons barley even affected English DNA,the number of angles and saxons in British was just 200,000 not enough to genetically displace the native population,
Highland Scots are pre-celtic Gaels, but I'm not complaining. I love the Ben they call Névis! Even though Cailleag did lock Bhríde in it over an raithe marbh till Oengus Og freed her and she cut the head off (The Cailteach)...I also love Brighid 'High One' of gaul, the Great Northern Unifier as well as Bríghit of Kill Dara ('Ever Burning Oak Tree'), the Bridget Sisters off Ireland (pre-Christi*nity), but SEPERATELY, not the confused Southern mixture of both, Brittania, the English Cow-Goddess..
@TheTwolloocks...I'm so sorry I like it in the Central Borders West...from Langholm to Lockerbie, down to the Springfield turn off on the Carlisle-Glasgow Road, down the A75 through Annan town, up to Dumfries and the Queen Of The South, onto Galloway and Kirkcudbright (where they filmed 'The Wicker Man') and if you want to right to Stranraer,straight up the Ayrshire Coast to Strathclyde, and West onto Argyll etc. Don't tell them in Dumfries!! Never Mind the Twollocks it's the Lydons of Eire!!
@TheTwollocks...Well, being of Irish, Western Viking, North Welsh, and Western Sottish ancestry plus Border Reveir, I feel pretty ripped...I'm rather sick of petty infighting. Pogue Ma Hone (Irish, I know. What do you gonna do about Irish??) .
@PennyTraition No, the Scots are celtic, Douglas is a celtic name and the Douglas septs of MacGuffey and McKittrick. And theres a lot o highland clans of anglo and norse/norman origin. Macleod, MacDonald,Fraser.
@GilleanFreire Is very interesting. My (mad!) family, Border Scots and Notorious Reivers from the West, who fought with Cumbrians, an ancient family married into Norse(on the other side of the family); Scot Highlands, NW Irish, Central North Wales, I'm a 'Heinz Human', ('57 different..') But, oh for peace. No tribal infighting. I don't remember writing this; when my Dad was first rushed to Hospital,I was particularly confused. Hope I haven't offended anyone... Anyway, thanks for the info...
@PennyTraition It's always nice to find a mate Reiver from the Westmarch. I am basically a Douglas mixed with Moffat and Scott with some blood from the Western Isles.
By the way Douglas/Murray/Highlands and Borders, both descended from Flemish settlers.
@TheTwollocks The Anglo Saxons were Germanic tribes that invaded England and drove the Britanians west into what is now modern day Wales. The Scottish Reivers were destitute horse thieves who would raid the small communities along the borders of Scotland and England. This is basic shit and by you making such an egregious claim says to me that you are either a twelve year old kid or a troll; or a twelve year old troll.
@Liddlelegrande .....right.... just go look it up for fucks sake........you scottish nationalists ......... for a start the vast majority of them had anglo saxon names
@TheTwollocks I am a Little, my last name is Little and I have complete genealogy records for it. Once again the Anglo Saxons came to the Isles around the fall of the western Roman Empire as mercenaries to deal with the rebelling Brits. The Roman governor of Britannia hired these tribes because the Romans were militarily overwhelmed. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the west the Saxons began craving out land in what is now modern day England.
@Liddlelegrande ...... who do you think ulster scots are.... they are from the lowlands of scotland and were anglo saxon themselves.......again go look it up.......before you start making a fool of yourself.......bigot.....got somthing against the english have we
@TheTwollocks If you know anything about the English occupation then you would know that I do have a problem with the English. England has in no way any right to Scotland. The only Justification the have is that fact that they have historically occupied us. The only other country that occupies another is China.
@Liddlelegrande oh dear what a supprise..... anti english.....never would of guessed it in a million fucking years.....i noticed you haven't said anything about the anglo saxon in the lowlands of scotland or the reivers being anglo saxon........ your name isn't little is it......dont come on my channel shooting your fucking mouth off when you dont know what your talking about
@TheTwollocks Listen you really need to understand that Anglo Saxon refers to Germanic tribes that were hired by the Romans. After which the Saxons carved out most of what is now modern day England and drove the Brits into Wales. This is the key element that you need to get through your head.
@TheTwollocks The Saxons did go into the lowlands but just barley and it was in the eastern lowlands. The Little's were on the western lowlands and on the coast.
@Liddlelegrande The surnames of the Border Reivers do however seem to have been Anglo-Saxon, rather than Scots-Celtic in origin as unlike most of the famous clans of the Scottish Highlands, they all lack that Celtic element Mac, (the Gaelic word meaning son of), which occurs in names like McDonald and McDougal
@Liddlelegrande It therefore seems probable that the Border Reivers on both sides of the border were largely Anglo-Saxon by origin. This has a simple explanation; the boundaries of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, stretched far to the north of the modern Scottish border, towards Edinburgh and the Lothians.
@Liddlelegrande Some people have suggested that the Border folk were largely descended from Norse-Viking warriors, but there is very little evidence of Viking settlement in Northumberland, where both local place names and local dialect are of a highly Anglo-Saxon (Old Germanic) nature.
@Liddlelegrande ......have you ever looked up the the name... LITTLE..... AND WHERE IT COMES FROM.....LOL..............im afraid its you who is the twelve year old troll .....hahahaha......LITTLE... NICE ANGLO SAXON NAME
@TheTwollocks Little is an Anglo Saxon name in that it was a part of the Old English language as are many modern English words. Little is lȳtel in Old English and Littel on Middle English. You are really playing a game on linguistics here.
Lowlanders are not anglo-Saxon! Were a mix of pict/brittonic/irish! DNA tests revealed mostly Pictish/Irish DNA,the britons were a Celtic people in southern scotland and the DNA is still found in south Scotland and north England and wales, the reivers were most likey Celtic Britons, the anglo-Saxons barley even affected English DNA,the number of angles and saxons in British was just 200,000 not enough to genetically displace the native population,
A'm desendit fae reivers anaw,tweedie clan
superraptor65 3 months ago
Highland Scots are pre-celtic Gaels, but I'm not complaining. I love the Ben they call Névis! Even though Cailleag did lock Bhríde in it over an raithe marbh till Oengus Og freed her and she cut the head off (The Cailteach)...I also love Brighid 'High One' of gaul, the Great Northern Unifier as well as Bríghit of Kill Dara ('Ever Burning Oak Tree'), the Bridget Sisters off Ireland (pre-Christi*nity), but SEPERATELY, not the confused Southern mixture of both, Brittania, the English Cow-Goddess..
PennyTraition 3 months ago
@TheTwolloocks...I'm so sorry I like it in the Central Borders West...from Langholm to Lockerbie, down to the Springfield turn off on the Carlisle-Glasgow Road, down the A75 through Annan town, up to Dumfries and the Queen Of The South, onto Galloway and Kirkcudbright (where they filmed 'The Wicker Man') and if you want to right to Stranraer,straight up the Ayrshire Coast to Strathclyde, and West onto Argyll etc. Don't tell them in Dumfries!! Never Mind the Twollocks it's the Lydons of Eire!!
PennyTraition 3 months ago
@TheTwollocks...Well, being of Irish, Western Viking, North Welsh, and Western Sottish ancestry plus Border Reveir, I feel pretty ripped...I'm rather sick of petty infighting. Pogue Ma Hone (Irish, I know. What do you gonna do about Irish??) .
PennyTraition 3 months ago
@PennyTraition No, the Scots are celtic, Douglas is a celtic name and the Douglas septs of MacGuffey and McKittrick. And theres a lot o highland clans of anglo and norse/norman origin. Macleod, MacDonald,Fraser.
GilleanFreire 1 week ago
@GilleanFreire Is very interesting. My (mad!) family, Border Scots and Notorious Reivers from the West, who fought with Cumbrians, an ancient family married into Norse(on the other side of the family); Scot Highlands, NW Irish, Central North Wales, I'm a 'Heinz Human', ('57 different..') But, oh for peace. No tribal infighting. I don't remember writing this; when my Dad was first rushed to Hospital,I was particularly confused. Hope I haven't offended anyone... Anyway, thanks for the info...
PennyTraition 1 week ago
@PennyTraition It's always nice to find a mate Reiver from the Westmarch. I am basically a Douglas mixed with Moffat and Scott with some blood from the Western Isles.
By the way Douglas/Murray/Highlands and Borders, both descended from Flemish settlers.
All the best
GilleanFreire 1 week ago
(viet armis) Invictus Manneo! - MacGillieaidir. aka ARMSTRONG...
PennyTraition 4 months ago
@PennyTraition sorry to burst your little celtic buble....but lowland scots are of anglo saxon origin
TheTwollocks 3 months ago
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andrewniles1 5 months ago
To think that my ancestor fought alongside William Wallace! "Magnum in Parvo"
andrewniles1 5 months ago
the reivers were anglo saxon
TheTwollocks 5 months ago
@TheTwollocks The Anglo Saxons were Germanic tribes that invaded England and drove the Britanians west into what is now modern day Wales. The Scottish Reivers were destitute horse thieves who would raid the small communities along the borders of Scotland and England. This is basic shit and by you making such an egregious claim says to me that you are either a twelve year old kid or a troll; or a twelve year old troll.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago
@Liddlelegrande .....right.... just go look it up for fucks sake........you scottish nationalists ......... for a start the vast majority of them had anglo saxon names
TheTwollocks 4 months ago
@TheTwollocks I am a Little, my last name is Little and I have complete genealogy records for it. Once again the Anglo Saxons came to the Isles around the fall of the western Roman Empire as mercenaries to deal with the rebelling Brits. The Roman governor of Britannia hired these tribes because the Romans were militarily overwhelmed. After the fall of the Roman Empire in the west the Saxons began craving out land in what is now modern day England.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago
@Liddlelegrande ...... who do you think ulster scots are.... they are from the lowlands of scotland and were anglo saxon themselves.......again go look it up.......before you start making a fool of yourself.......bigot.....got somthing against the english have we
TheTwollocks 4 months ago
@TheTwollocks If you know anything about the English occupation then you would know that I do have a problem with the English. England has in no way any right to Scotland. The only Justification the have is that fact that they have historically occupied us. The only other country that occupies another is China.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago
@Liddlelegrande oh dear what a supprise..... anti english.....never would of guessed it in a million fucking years.....i noticed you haven't said anything about the anglo saxon in the lowlands of scotland or the reivers being anglo saxon........ your name isn't little is it......dont come on my channel shooting your fucking mouth off when you dont know what your talking about
TheTwollocks 4 months ago
@TheTwollocks Listen you really need to understand that Anglo Saxon refers to Germanic tribes that were hired by the Romans. After which the Saxons carved out most of what is now modern day England and drove the Brits into Wales. This is the key element that you need to get through your head.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago
@Liddlelegrande.... they also went into the lowlands of scotland.....look it up.....
TheTwollocks 4 months ago
@TheTwollocks The Saxons did go into the lowlands but just barley and it was in the eastern lowlands. The Little's were on the western lowlands and on the coast.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago
@Liddlelegrande The surnames of the Border Reivers do however seem to have been Anglo-Saxon, rather than Scots-Celtic in origin as unlike most of the famous clans of the Scottish Highlands, they all lack that Celtic element Mac, (the Gaelic word meaning son of), which occurs in names like McDonald and McDougal
TheTwollocks 3 months ago
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@Liddlelegrande It therefore seems probable that the Border Reivers on both sides of the border were largely Anglo-Saxon by origin. This has a simple explanation; the boundaries of the old Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Northumbria, stretched far to the north of the modern Scottish border, towards Edinburgh and the Lothians.
TheTwollocks 3 months ago
@Liddlelegrande Some people have suggested that the Border folk were largely descended from Norse-Viking warriors, but there is very little evidence of Viking settlement in Northumberland, where both local place names and local dialect are of a highly Anglo-Saxon (Old Germanic) nature.
TheTwollocks 3 months ago
@Liddlelegrande ......have you ever looked up the the name... LITTLE..... AND WHERE IT COMES FROM.....LOL..............im afraid its you who is the twelve year old troll .....hahahaha......LITTLE... NICE ANGLO SAXON NAME
TheTwollocks 4 months ago
@TheTwollocks Little is an Anglo Saxon name in that it was a part of the Old English language as are many modern English words. Little is lȳtel in Old English and Littel on Middle English. You are really playing a game on linguistics here.
Liddlelegrande 4 months ago