Melrose/ Melrose Abbey
16. September 2023 in Schottland ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Melrose is a town and civil parish in the Scottish Borders, historically in Roxburghshire. It lies within the Eildon committee area of Scottish Borders Council.
St Mary's Abbey, Melrose is a partlyWeiterlesen
Reisender Have a look at the name of this place 😕
Reisender Piper playing pig 🤔
Reisender I wonder what that means
Reisender So odd, right?!!
Reisender Apparently this was a very popular image in the medieval Celtic world. Pigs with bagpipes show up again and again in carvings and illuminations from Ireland, Scotland, and North England–and nobody is sure why. This is a bit if information I have found.