Right to wear a kilt

[Graham]

Yes Colin I was referring to the Hops store, altho it was 99 when I was last there, I believe they have done the pub up quite a bit since then.

[phil h]

just kiddin ya bro
have a pint for me next time you are out.

it was yoyr round and you scarpered

Phil H,

I could never step out if it was my turn to buy a round for these guys.

Graham,
Glad to hear your son has decided on a kilt. I hope you enjoys it as much as you seem to.

[phil h]

if you really wanna get stoopid, go back as far as the celts originate from Hallstatt,austria. so the celtic dress should be leather shorts not a kilt.

[Kiltedmusiclover]

there's nothing like a Guinness! (even better in Dublin)

But it has to be from the brewery in St. James Well. Great little pub inside there.

Or from Whelan's or O'Neill's or O'Donahue's or
Even the Guinness Sky bar just to name a few other
Great spots to have a Guinness in Dublin.

[awoodfellow]

two weeks ago one of my cohorts in crime was talking about beer and how much he enjoys the "lite" versions. of course i told him that's not beer but nothing more than colored water with bad flavoring added. then i ask him what the point was of drinking such liquids.

i then turned him on to a Black & Tan, using my favorite, Bass-n-Guinness. i explained the process of creating a B & T. he enjoyed that, and said it was good. but i told him that he was only getting half the goodness of a real beer. so i talked him into a solo Guinness.

several days later he told me that 'damn, that Guinness was strong stuff and would put hair on his b@!!'s. and i told him, nah, that's just you learning how to be a man.

'course, ya gotta understand, where i live, and if you mention Guinness, the first question asked is "what kinda chicken is that".

Ambrose
Devout Guinness'er

[Blu (Ontario)]

IMHO, beer is like sex...There's no bad beer, some are better than others! Guinness...."Nectar of the Gods". Gotta respect it though. It's been known to bite back once in a while. LOL

[Kiltedmusiclover]

'course, ya gotta understand, where i live, and if you mention Guinness, the first question asked is "what kinda chicken is that".

I know what you mean Ambrose. I was wearing my
my Guinness shirt when a ran into a friend of
mine and his new wife. She stated "I know
your pretty smart and all. But do you have
to wear a shirt that tells everyone your a
GENIUS!!!" I laughed so hard I thought I
had pulled a muscle in my side.

On a positive note we now have a new
Irish bar in our small town. They only
approved alcohol sales here last year. So I can
actually now get a draft Guinness!

[al' Sporrano]

...probably..........I have to say that no one would bat an eyelid. Most of the Scots I know would be pleased if you turned up for a night out in a kilt - PROVIDING YOU WORE IT WITH PRIDE.

Maybe in the very North of Scotland you might get some comment, but hey, just because I talk with an English regional accent doesn't necessarily mean I'm English. Whose gonna know what your roots are?

As a matter of fact, my dads parents were both Welsh!!

Al

[Robbie]

I'm sad to see Phil H perpetuating the myth that Rawlinson "invented" the modern or short kilt.

For Phil (and others) information, I have copied below (entirely without the author's consent!) an extract from an article entitled "The Early History of the Kilt", which in turn is taken from a book called "Early Highland Dress" by Matthew AC Newsome. The whole article can be found on www.scottishtartans.org/kilt.html

"Just a few quick notes on how this large wrap became the kilt of today. I will only touch on this briefly since this takes us well out of the early period. One story commonly repeated is that an Englishman named Thomas Rawlinson opened an iron-smelting factory in the Highlands around the year 1730. His workers all dressed in the belted plaids, which proved too hot and cumbersome for close work in his factory. He solved the problem by cutting the garment in half. The lower part could now be worn separately and the upper part discarded when coming indoors. This is considered proof that an Englishman invented the Scottish national dress.
The problem with this story is that we know of numerous illustrations of Highlanders wearing the only the bottom part of the belted plaid that date long before Rawlinson ever set foot in Scotland. Remember that the belted plaid consisted of two widths of material stitched together. If one neglects to stitch the two together, and only the bottom 4 yards are worn, pleated and belted around the waist, the resulting garment is called the feilidh-beag (little wrap). The word is often spelled in English “phillabeg.” I will not go into detailed evidence of the wearing of the phillabeg here, but I will say that there is some suggestion of its use in the late 17th century, and it was definitely being worn in the early 18th century. It most likely came about as a natural evolution of the belted plaid and Rawlinson probably observed it and quickly deduced its usefulness in his situation and introduced it among his workers."

'Nuff said!!

Robbie

[Donnie]

Hey Kiltedmusiclover;
What is the name of the Irish Pub? I live outside Statesville, NC and am always on the lookout for a good pub where I can wear my kilt!