Militar tattoo

A "tattoo" is a military display whar sojers sow aff thair mairchin, muisic and ermed skills in general. Th' term comes fae th' earlie 17th-century Dutch phrase "doe den tap toe" (dutch fur "turn aff th' tap"). A signal tae get the innkeepers to stoap servin' sojers near military garrisons and tae get them back ti the barriks. The tattoo's no related tae th' ink ane.Little Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins Julia Cresswell - 2014- Page 106 0199683638 tattoo. Tattoos on the skin came into English in the 18th century from the Polynesian languages of the Pacific Islands—Captain Cook's journals are the first to record the word. The military tattoo sounded by drum or bugle to recall soldiers to their quarters in the evening was originally written tap-too. It comes from Dutch doe den tap toe, literally 'close the tap'. The tap was on a cask; closing it signalled time for drinking was over and soldiers should go home

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Internaitional tattoos
Thay wur ance gey popular in Toronto, Canadae, bein haud ilka year at the Canadian National Exhibition's Exhibition Stadium.

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Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo

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