The word Scot I believe originally meant something like pirate, from when they came from Ireland in the 5th C or so to invade Dal Riata in Argyll. They eventually took Scotland from the Picts and Britons, 'ground the Pictish tongue to powder and sprinkled it on their porridge', and named the country for themselves. Some say that Hero Of 100 Battles Arthur was a Scot from Manau near Falkirk. Didn't Woody Herman sing 'Caldonia, Caldonia, What makes your big head so hard?' A useful quality for a pirate, reducing the effect of being hit over the bonce with a bowsprit or sword. Ewan McVicar