Our great friend Huttonian (http://www.huttonian.blogspot.com/) makes frequent mention of Mendicant* Piper and his prodigous volume in the regions of Princes Street, Edinburgh. No photos yet, but we are working on it.
For those of you without the benefit of a classical education definitions are provided below.
Just to show that nowhere is immune from mendicant musicians we provide this sample from High Street, Inverness. Note passer-by studiously ignoring 'muso', obviouly a music lover/local. And is it/was it ever polo season in Inverness?
*Mendicant: a. begging (of friar) living solely on alms n. beggar: mendicant friar. From the Latin: mendicus: beggar. Oxford English Dictionary.
*Mendicant: pain in the a*se. From the Latin: getawaytaebuggeryustus. Scots Farmers Dictionary.
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I have found a splendid (non mendicant)Piper* and his wee dog but well away from Embra and not as far south as Coldstream or even Duns. Go to blog
* Mind you I am not sure about his means of support. Would he turn away a mickle or a muckle if proferred?
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