Good conversation with a native

[Tartan Hiker]

Both of my sons and I wore kilts to church yesterday (unusual for them, standard operating procedure for me). After the service, I was introduced to a gentleman who was visiting campus (Warren Wilson college, a small Presbyterian-affiliated college here in western NC). Turns out it was his last day visiting here in the states before returning to Scotland. He recognized my MacDonnell tartan as he lives not far from Invergarry and descended from the MacDonald/MacDonnell rabble himself.

We had a nice chat. I was interested in his unsolicited opinion that indeed (as many here have stated) that a generation ago it was rather rare to see a Scot in a kilt outside of very formal affairs, but that today kilt wearing is far more common. He said that in the several weddings he has attended lately, nearly every male in attendance was kilted.