Kilt for St. Pattis?

[Nik]

Alright, here's what I wore to church service on Sunday, St. Patrick's day (proper). Got a lot of praise and complements. More then I would have expected. People were very pleased with it and didn't here a single complaint.
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I wore the same kilt and my other pair of black hose on Saturday. Went with the wife to get some corned beef and see a friend and his daughter after a couple months. No picture of that, just my black watch kilt, a black skull shirt with a black hoodie over that.

My friend razed me about the kilt, but all in good fun. And at the restaurant I got a few jibs in jest thrown at me, while an older couple seemingly whispered about my kilt to themselves at the bar. But really a nice experience. Will have to do it more often to say the list.

-Nik

P.S. Sorry I'm walking on the walls.

[Dale-of-Cedars]

Went downtown to the Vancouver Celtic Festival on Sunday and was one of only 3 that I saw kilted in the afternoon (wasn't there for the pipes and drums at the St. Pats parade in the morning.) Did run into the Mackintosh-kilted official photographer for the event, and exchanged pleasantries. He noted that he hadn't seen many kilts around either, and no M.U.G.s at all.

[David Thorpe]

P.S. Sorry I'm walking on the walls.

Here in the US, getting sideways for St. Paddy's Day is just routine.

[crash]

Wore my new USA kilt, Wicklow County Crest tartan, to my neighbourhood pub for St.Patrick's celebrations. I was a little nervous but I didn't need to be considering the get ups that some folks were wearing. lol Even had one fellow and later two ladies ask what the tartan was called. Wicklow County is what my ancesters left behind when they came to Canada in the late 1800s. No pictures at the pub but Mrs.T got a couple shots of me walking the dog afterwards. I'll post them in the next day or two.

[OC Richard]

All you guys wearing the plain green and saffron kilts, and Irish tartan kilts, have the right idea.

The only times I can remember getting any stick on St Patrick's Day was when I used to wear a Black Watch kilt... yes 99.9% of Americans just see the green and think it's appropriate, but a couple times I was piping at pubs with staunch Irish nationalists (sometimes Americans, sometimes Irishmen) and they said "why would you wear THAT here? People wearing that kilt are shooting at my relatives" etc etc. I learned my lesson and haven't worn a Black Watch or other military kilt since.

For a couple years now I've been wearing an Isle of Skye kilt and that has never got any negative comments.

Whether I wear a kilt at all on St Patrick's Day depends on the gigs I'm doing. Some years I'm playing uilleann pipes all day, doing Irish band stuff, and wear trousers all day. Some years I'm doing Highland pipe stuff, in kilts, all day. This year was one of those years! 14 hours on the road driving from gig to gig, in my Isle of Skye the whole time. (The uilleann pipes got played quite a bit anyhow.)

[OC Richard]

OK that was strange... I wrote the above post, clicked to post it, and got the message that I have to wait 100 seconds to post, because there must be 120 seconds between posts. Obviously the post above took more than 120 seconds to write! So I waited 100 seconds like it said... and then it posted the same post twice. Odd that something evidently put in place to avoid duplicate posts creates duplicate posts. Anyhow the Mods are welcome to remove this one!

[eclarkhb]

All you guys wearing the plain green and saffron kilts, and Irish tartan kilts, have the right idea.

The only times I can remember getting any stick on St Patrick's Day was when I used to wear a Black Watch kilt... yes 99.9% of Americans just see the green and think it's appropriate, but a couple times I was piping at pubs with staunch Irish nationalists (sometimes Americans, sometimes Irishmen) and they said "why would you wear THAT here? People wearing that kilt are shooting at my relatives" etc etc. I learned my lesson and haven't worn a Black Watch or other military kilt since.

For a couple years now I've been wearing an Isle of Skye kilt and that has never got any negative comments.

Whether I wear a kilt at all on St Patrick's Day depends on the gigs I'm doing. Some years I'm playing uilleann pipes all day, doing Irish band stuff, and wear trousers all day. Some years I'm doing Highland pipe stuff, in kilts, all day. This year was one of those years! 14 hours on the road driving from gig to gig, in my Isle of Skye the whole time. (The uilleann pipes got played quite a bit anyhow.)

This discussion is very interesting. So if the Black Watch tartan is essentially a bad idea on St. Patrick's Day, what about the Campbell Ancient Tartan? It's the same pattern, just brighter...

[Dale Seago]

This discussion is very interesting. So if the Black Watch tartan is essentially a bad idea on St. Patrick's Day, what about the Campbell Ancient Tartan? It's the same pattern, just brighter...

In other words, due to mistaken identity it can potentially generate the same reaction.

[OC Richard]

The chances of running into a staunch anti-British person that takes exception to a kilt is rather remote, I would guess. But it does happen!

[creagdhubh]

The chances of running into a staunch anti-British person that takes exception to a kilt is rather remote, I would guess. But it does happen!

Yes, it does indeed!