OT- KIlts at war, was: Re: [Sca-cooks] national talk like a pirate day

[Sandy mensik]

 I have been told by a scottsman who recieved his kilt from his grandfather that depending on what shoulder you drapped the end indicated your marital status. I just don"t remember which shoulder is which though. And I Can't assume it would correlate with the modern wedding band side for the German wear their rings on the right hand.I have also been told a mans kilt is to be twice as long as he is tall for it will also serve as his shroud in death.Somewhere I have  an article or two on the subject`
 My husband and three year old look fabulous in theirs so  I am allways eager to hear peoples oppinions on kilts.
 Cassie

Brett McNamara <brettmc at gmail.com> wrote:
You sure that wasn't a girl scout? ;)

It's probably worth mentioning that the kilt we see today, the one
most often seen on Catholic school girls, is quite OOP. The best
evidence for the period version has it looking suspiciously like plaid
togas. I believe the modern variant may have been part of some
British conspiracy.

Wistan

On Sun, 19 Sep 2004 10:36:48 -0400, Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius
wrote:
> Also sprach Bill Fisher:
> >You mean the same as seeing the Irish and Scotish kilts at war, when at best
> >in period the Scots belted the brats at the across their back as a habit to
> >differentiate themselves from the Irish soldiers?
> 
> Although it has been disputed, there's a pretty ample supply of
> evidence that some Scots soldiers did wear fillamores into battle,
> and I have even seen a drawing from the 16th century, I believe, of a
> Scottish boy wearing what looks suspiciously like a fillabeg variant,
> long before its officially acknowledged introduction.
> 
> Adamantius
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