Inner Heuch - Heuch wi' Pride!
How's
it hangin'? My name is Gregor McEwan and I'm a Jock in a Frock who heuchs
wi' pride!
"The Great Highland Heuch is a loud and thrilling guttural noise - a blood-curdling, snot-slinging scream that puts fear in the hearts
of men who have not learned to express themselves, and a warning to all
English blood to rush to the feet and start running!"
Sporran McRash, Phhhhhd
Everyone has a Heuch inside them. The inner energy
that some NY shrink will maintain is desperate to come out and will charge
us accordingly!
The canny Scots found a cheaper outlet for their Heuchs – it is called Scottish Country Dancing!
For some unknown reason, men when dressed in plaid skirts, hands raised and a little pouch of seal skin banging them rhythmically in the Trossachs, they cannot help but let out a Heeeeuuuuch - a loud and thrilling guttural noise – an affirmation that their Scot’s blood is flowing in the proper direction!
Heuch Mor - The Great Highland Heuch |
You might know it as the Rebel Yell that derives from
Scots who emigrated to Texas and picked the loosing side in the Civil War
(honest!)
It is
not to be confused with the ‘Lame Lowland hiuk’ (note spelling) and
the ‘Dreaded Sassenach Yelp’ which is more akin to the sound made when
you successfully block a Doc Martin with your
wedding tackle!
To heuch with Confidence is testament to a heart
that feels, a sporran that swings freely and feet that are 2 inches off
the ground!
It is not for those who think a ‘Highland
Fling’ is a dirty weekend on the upper slopes of Moira Anderson!
"To some it is a joy, to the musicians it is an encouragement to play faster. Sadly to a select few, it is an annoying barbaric cacophony! They are the Sporran Police and they must be stopped!"
Pat McGonnegals
Next : The Sporran Police – Spot and Stop Them!
