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bagpiper

ˈbægˌpaɪpər
WordNet
A farmer with a large floppy hat plays the bagpipes. With two-line verse in Dutch.
A farmer with a large floppy hat plays the bagpipes. With two-line verse in Dutch.
  1. (n) bagpiper
    someone who plays the bagpipe
Illustrations
Flat decoration with leaf tendrils. At the bottom center is a putto playing a bagpipe, leaning one foot on a tree stump.
Flat decoration with leaf tendrils. At the bottom center is a putto playing a bagpipe, leaning one foot on a tree stump.
Two bagpipers are walking on a country road. In the background a man on crutches. These bagpipers are at the forefront of the pilgrimage of epileptics on St. John's Day to Molenbeek near Brussels.
Two bagpipers are walking on a country road. In the background a man on crutches. These bagpipers are at the forefront of the pilgrimage of epileptics on St. John's Day to Molenbeek near Brussels.
A bagpipe player and a drunkard sit together at the table. Behind the table is a woman with her hands raised. The bagpipe player is sitting on a toppled chair, next to him is a dog. Below the picture an explanatory Latin verse by Franco Estius.
A bagpipe player and a drunkard sit together at the table. Behind the table is a woman with her hands raised. The bagpipe player is sitting on a toppled chair, next to him is a dog. Below the picture an explanatory Latin verse by Franco Estius.
Sorghree living. Carefree living. Cartoon on laziness. In a shoemaker's workshop, the shoemaker plays bagpipes. Opposite him is his wife, resting on her distaff, a child in her lap. Other children are playing in the room. Against the back wall two students who are not working either. On the wall an image of a woman sitting on a fence with some geese around her. With caption of 6 lines and caption of 8 lines in Dutch.
Sorghree living. Carefree living. Cartoon on laziness. In a shoemaker's workshop, the shoemaker plays bagpipes. Opposite him is his wife, resting on her distaff, a child in her lap. Other children are playing in the room. Against the back wall two students who are not working either. On the wall an image of a woman sitting on a fence with some geese around her. With caption of 6 lines and caption of 8 lines in Dutch.
In a shoemaker's workshop, the shoemaker plays bagpipes. Opposite him is his wife, resting on her distaff, a child in her lap. Other children are playing in the room. Against the back wall two students who are not working either. On the wall an image of a woman sitting on a fence with some geese around her.
In a shoemaker's workshop, the shoemaker plays bagpipes. Opposite him is his wife, resting on her distaff, a child in her lap. Other children are playing in the room. Against the back wall two students who are not working either. On the wall an image of a woman sitting on a fence with some geese around her.
Death, with a bagpipe, chains and a crown of leaves, enters a shabby room of a house. The house is populated by a family with many children and an elderly couple. The old couple greeted Death warmly. They are glad to see him, and the old woman offers him her hand, for death will put an end to their misery at the expense of their children. In the background a street scene with beggars.
Death, with a bagpipe, chains and a crown of leaves, enters a shabby room of a house. The house is populated by a family with many children and an elderly couple. The old couple greeted Death warmly. They are glad to see him, and the old woman offers him her hand, for death will put an end to their misery at the expense of their children. In the background a street scene with beggars.
Man playing bagpipes with miter instead of hat, two children in the basket on his back. Next to him a woman with a child on her shoulder. They are carrying a donkey, laden with children. A boy walks in the front with an owl on his shoulder, next to him a dog sniffs. Numbers 1 to 7 added to figures, year and initial replaced by tree branch. This state is not described in New Hollstein.
Man playing bagpipes with miter instead of hat, two children in the basket on his back. Next to him a woman with a child on her shoulder. They are carrying a donkey, laden with children. A boy walks in the front with an owl on his shoulder, next to him a dog sniffs. Numbers 1 to 7 added to figures, year and initial replaced by tree branch. This state is not described in New Hollstein.
Jug (facial jug) of stoneware on a wavy base with an egg-shaped body and narrow neck. The C-shaped ear is attached to the neck and shoulder. Covered with a brown engobe. The jug is decorated with spinning rings and on the shoulder with a face, a bagpipe player. The face and arms are partially engraved, stamped and printed and applied in relief. Aachen / Raeren.
Face jar with a bagpipe player
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Interesting fact
The bagpipe was originally made from the whole skin of a dead sheep.
  1. Bagpiper
    One who plays on a bagpipe; a piper.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Interesting fact
An eighteenth-century German named Matthew Birchinger, known as the little man of Nuremberg, played four musical instruments including the bagpipes, was an expert calligrapher, and was the most famous stage magician of his day. He performed tricks with the cup and balls that have never been explained. Yet Birchinger had no hands, legs, or thighs, and was less than 29 inches tall.
  1. (n) bagpiper
    One who plays on a bagpipe.
Quotations
William Shakespeare
Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I the nose cannot contain their urine.
William Shakespeare
Twelve highlanders and a bagpipe make a rebellion.
Scottish Proverb
Usage in the news

In what will surely be the quirkiest thing you see today, a man in a kilt rides a unicycle down the street while playing the the theme to 'Star Wars' on bagpipes. mooseradio.com

Two days of bagpipes and kilts begins this weekend in McPherson, as the 19th annual McPherson Scottish Festival kicks off. kake.com

Augusta Liddic/The Daily Times Bagpipers play in the opening ceremonies of the Aztec Highland Games and Celtic Music Festival on Saturday, Oct 6, 2012. lcsun-news.com

Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra bassist Micah Howard prepares for Thursday night's concert in Barcelona , Spain, under the watchful eye of a bagpiper muse. post-gazette.com

A restored steam calliope, the Pennsylvania State Police Mounted Unit and a bagpipe band are among the more than 140 entries that will march in the Port Royal Bicentennial Parade on Sept 29. lewistownsentinel.com

Bring out the bagpipes Everyone is Scottish this weekend -- at the 147th Highland Gathering & Games. pleasantonweekly.com

Where's a bagpipe when you need one. amny.com

From the bagpipes, punk rock style, and explicit reference to their hometown, the Dropkick Murphys exude Bostonian pride and an aggressive northeast swagger. news-gazette.com

Cardinal Timothy Dolan received a bagpipe salute outside St Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday after a nine-day trip to Rome, where he was elevated from archbishop. amny.com

Cardinal Timothy Dolan received a bagpipe salute outside St Patrick's Cathedral on Tuesday after a nine-day trip to Rome, where he was elevated from archbishop. amny.com

There will be the presentation of colors, playing of taps, bagpipe music and 21-gun salute. orlandosentinel.com

Gone mad for Bagpipes & Plaid . timesleaderonline.com

Jori Chisholm '97, premier bagpipe player. forbes.com

Gary Alan Dickey, who performs for parades, funerals and other events, credits bagpiping with helping him relieve stress and strike up conversations with community members. venturacountystar.com

Seattle firefighter Tadd Perkins stood at attention Wednesday on the Brooklyn Bridge as a parade of bagpipers led a dawn procession to the World Trade Center site. thenewstribune.com

Usage in literature

Tremendous K. was not very enthusiastic when, with great diplomacy, Marmaduke suggested the bagpipes as an addition to the programme. "In Orchard Glen" by Marian Keith

Montrose's highlanders charged to the skirl of their bagpipes. "A Padre in France" by George A. Birmingham

Listen to the wild shout of the men, the shrill notes of bagpipes, the wailing of weeping women and children! "Our Home in the Silver West" by Gordon Stables

Will there be bagpipes? "The Limit" by Ada Leverson

The organ was played with a curious drone in it, almost like that of the primitive bagpipe. "The Marriage of Elinor" by Margaret Oliphant

For, though the Oa was a Highland settlement, the bagpipes had hitherto been an unknown instrument in the township of Oro. "The Silver Maple" by Marian Keith

There were brass bands, drum and fife bands, and bands of bagpipes. "Ireland as It Is" by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)

We always call her Bagpipes. "Melomaniacs" by James Huneker

With painted sabots strike the noisy ground, While bagpipes squeal, and hurdy-gurdies sound. "Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 365, March, 1846" by Various

Concerts were given, with bagpipes, concertinas, flutes, drums, and fiddles, in honour of the far-travellers. "The Cariboo Trail" by Agnes C. Laut

Usage in poetry
"An' aye the bagpipes skirled an' played,
An' looder an' looder grew;
An' aye the hair stood up on my heid,
An' the cauld sweat fell frae my broo.
"The Piper's Tree" by Alexander Anderson
It's an auld wife's havers, ye say, gudeman!
But still, to this very day,
When the mune draps owre the Kirkland Hills
Ye can hear the bagpipes play.
"The Piper's Tree" by Alexander Anderson
That nicht Tam Cringan dee'd, an' juist
As they laid him oot in his shrood,
They heard a soun' like the bagpipes skirl,
An' it cam' frae the Laggeray Wood.
"The Piper's Tree" by Alexander Anderson
Little Birds are playing
Bagpipes on the shore,
Where the tourists snore:
"Thanks!" they cry. "'Tis thrilling!
Take, oh take this shilling!
Let us have no more!"
"Little Birds" by Lewis Carroll Author object (439)
And then the bagpipes he could blow—
And thus from house to house would go;
And all were pleased to hear and see,
For none made sweeter melody
Than did the poor blind Boy.
"Memorials Of A Tour In Scotland, 1803" by William Wordsworth
"Hech gather, hech gather, hech gather around;
And fill a' ye lugs wi' the exquisite sound.
An air fra' the bagpipes - beat that if ye can!
Hurrah for CLONGLOCKETTY ANGUS McCLAN!"
"Ellen McJones Aberdeen" by William Schwenck Gilbert Author object (717)