What hat do you wear with a kilt?

[MacSpadger]

I fear no matter how many times it is said to the contrary, you say it better than most MacSpadger, this myth will crop up as regularly as day following night. Like so much else in Scots/Irish history and traditions, the rose tinted glasses are firmly glued to many people's eyes, and not just outwith Scotland's shores, either.Yes, it is rather tiresome to explain yet again, but without doing so, these myths will prevail.

It amazes and saddens me that these myths continue and even grow in the internet age. Truth is a little bit of Googling would yield enough common sense to smite them.
If a diced Glengarry is the sign of loyalty to “The Crown” or “England”, then why don’t the London Scottish regiment, (whose former Honorary Colonel was the Queen Mother and whose current HO is Prince Edward) wear them?

Or what about the Scots Guards (PM Willie Ross seen here), formed as personal guards to the Royal Family?

Or the Queens Own Highlanders?

Or the Black Watch, who fought for the Hanoverian Cause throughout the battlefields of Europe? Following the logic of the myth, shouldn’t they be wearing a diced Tam?

Conversely, perhaps the Gordon Highlanders, given the Gordon history of constant Catholic opposition to The Crown and being heavily present in the Jacobite forces at Culloden, could be expected to wear a plain Glengarry given the leanings of the regiment’s anti-Royal founders? But do they?

I could go on with more, but it gets very tedious. It just strikes me as bizarre that daft stories like these examples are so easily dispelled yet people overseas choose to believe them for reasons I will never fathom. I am just back from a jaunt up Drymen through to Fort William with friends and we were chatting about online myths. “Facts” get perpetuated online that would strike any real Highlander or Scotsman or Irishman as being as alien as ET landing in your back gairden and asking tae’ use yer lavvy.
I did wear a hat with my kilt on my trip, I wore my Tam. You know, those felt things you wear at an angle after much schooshing, shaping and drying.

[okiwen]

MacSpadger,

Very much enjoyed reading your posts. Very educational. I tend to pick up my knowledge in bits and pieces as I don't know of a course on the subject. These posts interest me as I find them, but they are far and between, as you know opinion runs rapid.

[creagdhubh]

It amazes and saddens me that these myths continue and even grow in the internet age. Truth is a little bit of Googling would yield enough common sense to smite them.
If a diced Glengarry is the sign of loyalty to “The Crown” or “England”, then why don’t the London Scottish regiment, (whose former Honorary Colonel was the Queen Mother and whose current HO is Prince Edward) wear them?

Or what about the Scots Guards (PM Willie Ross seen here), formed as personal guards to the Royal Family?

Or the Queens Own Highlanders?

Or the Black Watch, who fought for the Hanoverian Cause throughout the battlefields of Europe? Following the logic of the myth, shouldn’t they be wearing a diced Tam?

Conversely, perhaps the Gordon Highlanders, given the Gordon history of constant Catholic opposition to The Crown and being heavily present in the Jacobite forces at Culloden, could be expected to wear a plain Glengarry given the leanings of the regiment’s anti-Royal founders? But do they?

I could go on with more, but it gets very tedious. It just strikes me as bizarre that daft stories like these examples are so easily dispelled yet people overseas choose to believe them for reasons I will never fathom. I am just back from a jaunt up Drymen through to Fort William with friends and we were chatting about online myths. “Facts” get perpetuated online that would strike any real Highlander or Scotsman or Irishman as being as alien as ET landing in your back gairden and asking tae’ use yer lavvy.
I did wear a hat with my kilt on my trip, I wore my Tam. You know, those felt things you wear at an angle after much schooshing, shaping and drying.

Well said indeed!!!