Robin, I reckon you and I are just about contemporaneous, and I relate 100% to the attitude that you portray. What must be remembered however, is that myth/memory is selective and tales vary according to both geographical location, and in this case, politico/religious leanings. I am a 1942 vintage Glaswegian, and have for all my life been amazed, and repulsed by the songs, beliefs, and myths of both sides of the west of Scotland sectarian divide. The hatred and prejudice of my native heath, is the main reason that I left it many, many years ago.
Ceud mile failte.....Giok