what do I DO with it?? (pipers' plaid)

**KiltedMariner** · 23rd February 12, 07:41 PM

Greetings,

THANKS to all who responded to my "what is this" thread'

http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f100/what-72256/

So, now (it appears) I have an antique pipers' plaid, MacKenzie tartan (ala Seaforth Highlanders). Why would my great-grandfather (Bruce, MacDonald) have this? What do I do with it? I wear a Bruce modern kilt.

Thanks,
Richard

**Cowher** · 23rd February 12, 07:50 PM

What are the dimensions?

**KiltedMariner** · 23rd February 12, 08:06 PM

Greetings,

The plaid is 120 inches by 27 inches (sizeable!)

Richard

**highland mafia** · 23rd February 12, 08:10 PM

is there a section that has tight pleating sewn in? Say about a 1/4 of the way along the length?

**KiltedMariner** · 23rd February 12, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by highland mafia

is there a section that has tight pleating sewn in? Say about a 1/4 of the way along the length?

There is no pleating; it is perfectly flat.

Richard

**highland mafia** · 23rd February 12, 08:22 PM

ok well thats good news I think.. I would bother trying to wear it.. Id try and make somthing out of it.. Other wise you could wear it as a lairds plaid.

**madmacs** · 23rd February 12, 08:27 PM

Originally Posted by highland mafia

is there a section that has tight pleating sewn in? Say about a 1/4 of the way along the length?

I believe that sewn in pleating was a fairly modern convenience added to them...

Why not look for the instructions on youtube of how to wear a pipers plaid?

**highland mafia** · 23rd February 12, 08:41 PM

Here ya go the power of google.

http://home2.btconnect.com/house-of-...rs-plaids.html

**O'Callaghan** · 23rd February 12, 09:58 PM

Originally Posted by madmacs

I believe that sewn in pleating was a fairly modern convenience added to them...

Why not look for the instructions on youtube of how to wear a pipers plaid?

I think there is some confusion here. A piper's plaid is a shoulder plaid, just one with a large amount of fabric. It is what you see pipers in bands wearing that looks like a sash, but is not joined at the ends in a loop like a sash.

I think you are thinking of a great kilt, also sometimes referred to, quite correctly, as a plaid. The word plaid is actually gaelic for blanket, and the great kilt doubled as clothing and as a blanket for sleeping under.