[Sca-cooks] Re: OT- KIlts at war

[Elaine Koogler]

Laura C. Minnick wrote:

>> Considering the lengths the British or I guess more precisely, the 
>> English, went to to suppress the kilt, I seriously doubt the short 
>> variant was a Britsh conspiracy.
>>
>> Stefan
>
>
> Oh, no Stefan!  If you keep a man's hands busy holding his skirts 
> down, he canna hold a claymore, can he!
>
> 'Lainie
> -think I'll go down to the Rock and set a spell... ;-)
>
Actually, the English, during the reign of Queen Victoria, revived the 
use of the kilt, and it was at this time that certain tartan designs 
were assigned/chosen by specific clans.  Some tartans, as I understand 
it, traditionally already were used by clans, but many were pretty much 
designed by weavers in England and assigned to the clans.  I suspect 
that this is also the time when the short kilt came into use.  This was 
all due to the attachment that Victoria had to "things Scottish"...she 
seemed to love visiting Scotland, and even purchase Balmoral Castle, 
which remains, to this day, the Scottish home of the Royal family. 

One of the major exceptions to this is the Black Watch, used by the 
Black Watch regiment...the name being chosen because these were the 
troops that were chosen to "watch" the Scots to make sure none of the 
restrictions on them were violated.

And yes, you're probably wondering how a Japanese lady knows "stuff" 
about Scotland...in the modern world.   I am a life member of Clan 
Morrison, from my father's grandmother.

Kiri