Good day to all!

**Father Bill** · 29th January 12, 01:57 PM

Welcome to the "Great Rabble!"

**Avonlea22** · 29th January 12, 01:59 PM

Welcome from Wake Forest, NC

**Grizzly** · 29th January 12, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by fpessanha

Thank you all for the replies.
Aren't we a nice excentrinc bunch?..

Lol to us kilts are normal its the people that wear trousers they are the eccentric ones.

**fpessanha** · 29th January 12, 03:17 PM

Originally Posted by Grizzly

Lol to us kilts are normal its the people that wear trousers they are the eccentric ones.

I realize that now. Thanks! ;)

**Chas** · 29th January 12, 03:41 PM

In the UK, Portugal is called The Old Ally.

Welcome to XMarks from north of you in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

**fpessanha** · 29th January 12, 03:56 PM

Originally Posted by Chas

In the UK, Portugal is called The Old Ally.

Welcome to XMarks from north of you in Norfolk, England.

Regards

Chas

Really? Thanks for the information! I was under the impression that the old Anglo-portuguese alliance was oblivious to the British...

But there is more to that in our political, economic and military alliance.
The first time the English were an ally was in the 12th century when our first King had Lisbon under siege, still under the control of the Arabs.
Then, during the Portuguese independence wars in 1385, the Portuguese had some English knights in their ranks. Shortly after that the Portuguese King, John I, married an English woman, daughter of the Duke of Lancaster - Philipa of Lancaster (here D. Filipa de Lencastre). She was the mother of "the illustrious generation" that started the Portuguese maritime discoveries movement.
Then, in the 17th century, a Portuguese princess married your own Charles II - Catherine of Braganza - and introduced the habit of drinking tea in England, already very much an habit within the Portuguese elite. Your world-known proverbial habit of the "cuppa" was introduced by a Portuguese Queen...
Then, in the 18th century we signed an important trade treaty concerning the trade of Port Wine for English woven cloth. That's where the British get the habit of drinking Port Wine from. And that is why almost all Port Wine cellars have English names...

Not many people know that!

**dougle** · 29th January 12, 05:04 PM

Welcome from Worcestershire England

**be da veva** · 29th January 12, 05:30 PM

Originally Posted by fpessanha

I understand that there are no "rules" regarding the wearing of a kilt ...

Actually, you're going to learn a lot of rules about kilt wearing on this wonderful forum; the folded parts (pleats) go in the back,etc...

And a lot of good common sense; Know the tartan you are sporting, etc...

Originally Posted by fpessanha

What would you suggest in terms of tartan?

Pretty much anything universal, district, commercial...
If you really like a clan tartan, you could do like I do and write to the clan and ask permission to wear it.

And before you ask .... there are no rules about what to or not wear under your kilt. But common sense is pretty handy in this case....

Enjoy the kilt but be aware that it'll cost you a lot of money and time....
You'll find out really fast that you will need a lot of accessories and then you will surf the net for bargains of said accessories....

But once you're there and out and about in a kilt, you will probably get free beer, free scotch, a lot of attention....

Have fun and welcome to XMTS