When did your Clans and Scottish heritage start, when did you first wear the kilt.

[MacDonald of Glencoe]

When did you find your Scottish heritage, what started it.
When did you decided to get a kilt, again what started it.
When I was very young we knew very little about Scottish history, it was not told to us, we did get a lot on English Kings and Queens but not out own. I was older before finding out about Robert Bruce, we knew nothing.
I did see the film Culloden and this got me trying to find out about it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TW8bhB5oxQI

Never knew about this to then.
This was in the Highlands where I lived, we were not to speak Gaelic in School or in the playground, if caught you were belted.
You were given a baton to hold, if you had the baton when the School was over you got belted. If another person was caught you have them the baton and so it went on. When School was over the person with the baton got belted, he got belted again if he didn't say what person he got it from, they got all of us that were speaking it.
It was to destroy the language and Culture of Gaelic, it was The education system we had.
We got what is called The Scottish Cringe, we were made to be embarrassed at being Scottish, even more so at having a Highland accent.
It did go away for a little while after i seen this film, I found out about my own history,

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TcB0IFBwk-k

Again the Scottish Cringe got me. It wasn't to i was a lot older that I found out for myself the Scottish history i never knew about. The Scottish Cringe was still there, we miscarried to sound the same as Lowland Scots as our Highland accent was made to make you sound stupid and not educated.
Later after finding out about The Clans and Scottish history i started to be proud of the Highlands, people, and accent, The Scottish Cringe was gone.
I was older before I started to wear Tartan, I don't wear the kilt, I have The Great Kilt, you can't get me out of it.
The language and Culture is on its way back now, it's different now to way back. It is great this happening.