[QUOTE=Bugbear;987950][QUOTE=Burly Brute;987948]
Originally Posted by
MacMillan of Rathdown
The "revival" of the kilt had very little to do with the repeal of the Act of Proscription, and everything to do with Sir Walter Scott making a romantic vision of the Highlands popular, and Queen Victoria making all things Scottish suddenly fashionable.[//QUOTE]
There are plenty of primary sources showing people were still wearing kilts, and tartan for that matter, during Proscription. I think it was mainly, if not exclusively, in the Highlands and Islands, though... not counting the military kilts, of course.
And those who were in with "the man"
[-[COLOR="DimGray"]Floreat Majestas[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Red"]Semper Vigilans[/COLOR]-|-[COLOR="Navy"]Aut Pax Aut Bellum[/COLOR]-|-[I][B]Go mbeannai Dia duit[/B][/I]-]
[COLOR="DarkGreen"][SIZE="2"]"I consider looseness with words no less of a defect than looseness of the bowels."[/SIZE][/COLOR] [B]- John Calvin[/B]
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