Call this war by whatever name you may, only call it not an American rebellion; it is nothing more or less than a Scotch Irish Presbyterian rebellion. ((Hessian Officer on American War of Independence 1778))

A Scot is a man who keeps the Sabbath – and every other doggone thing he can lay his hands on! (American Folk Saying)

Most people ignore most poetry / because / most poetry ignores most people (Adrian Mitchell)