Sheffield Weekly Telegraph 1 April 1905
Bagpipes
A new use for bagpipes has been found. A Highlander who owns a sheep farm in a mountainous district of California is in the habit of playing all over the ground. The skirling has had the effect of scaring the eagles, which were dangerous to young sheep, out of the locality.
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New use for bagpipes, 1905
Sheffield Weekly Telegraph 1 April 1905
Bagpipes
A new use for bagpipes has been found. A Highlander who owns a sheep farm in a mountainous district of California is in the habit of playing all over the ground. The skirling has had the effect of scaring the eagles, which were dangerous to young sheep, out of the locality.
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