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<blockquote data-quote="Ryujin" data-source="post: 9405755" data-attributes="member: 27897">The class name doesn't have the same connotations for me, as I tend to think of the tradition of the Scottish Clan Bard. They're more of a historian and would be called upon to recite Clan history to a Chief, on his deathbed, for example.There's an old story from my Clan about a Bard being asked to recite the Clan history to the Chief of a neighbouring Clan. This took hours and the Chief would occasionally nod off, at which time the Bard would sneak out and lead a few horses off. He would then return and take up where he left off, the Chief none the wiser. The theft was discovered the next day and another man was accused at which time the Bard owned up to his actions, so an innocent man wouldn't pay the price.Scottish clan histories tend to be full of many stories involving the theft of horses and cattle <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Ryujin, post: 9405755, member: 27897"] The class name doesn't have the same connotations for me, as I tend to think of the tradition of the Scottish Clan Bard. They're more of a historian and would be called upon to recite Clan history to a Chief, on his deathbed, for example. There's an old story from my Clan about a Bard being asked to recite the Clan history to the Chief of a neighbouring Clan. This took hours and the Chief would occasionally nod off, at which time the Bard would sneak out and lead a few horses off. He would then return and take up where he left off, the Chief none the wiser. The theft was discovered the next day and another man was accused at which time the Bard owned up to his actions, so an innocent man wouldn't pay the price. Scottish clan histories tend to be full of many stories involving the theft of horses and cattle ;) [/QUOTE]

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