Gentlemen - prepare to kilt up monday!

[Graham A. Robieson]

Greetings,

What can I say about this subject...I like wearing my kilt cause it compliments my personal tartan, I see the kilt as a complimentry stage for displaying and complimenting tartan (not just mine but all tartans) in todays world kilt and tartan are married into a clothing blend (like Whisky LOL) it is a great icon like Irn-Bru, tartan and the kilt was banned as stated in the act of proscription...that no man or boy within that part of Great Britain called Scotland, were permitted to wear such items, it does not state banning it solely in the Highlands, and is true about the attitude at the time, that it wasn't a big deal for many, unlike later through the clearances etc, but now it is celebrated the world over, I understand that many people see the kilt as an item to be worn for special occasions, but each to their own, though this feeling that we have to justify ourselves whenever we put on a kilt, to explain our reasons, is just what this arguement is all about when you boil it down, LOL.

To those whom it may concern, you don't need to use the act of proscription as an excuse (or as a permission slip) to wear your kilts we don't need an occasion to wear anything, not that I'm suggesting going around in the buff etc LOL.


All the best,


Graham

Another note: The banning of bagpipes came later through a court, as a judge declared that the bagpipes were an instrument of war, a rallying point to stir rebellion etc, and would be banned which carried the penalty of death for those who would play them.