Wednesday Aug. 1, 2012

[creagdhubh]

Note that the portion that banned tartan was only specific to "great coats" or "upper coats". The rest of the Act was for certain types of clothing that is specific to the Highlands, but did not ban tartan itself.

Keep in mind that tartan was worn by Lowlanders as well, and the Act was meant only to punish Highland culture. So it was specific to Highland attire, but was not an across-the-board ban on tartan.

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[creagdhubh]

Ditto. Proscription is not considered, but there are events to mark the Somme.
However, my best friend teaches in Ballachulish but lives in Glencoe and he had a lot of piping and shouting going on outside his front door. I was not there, but the standard of piping was not very high, he described it as "terrible". He is a very able musician himself, so I don't doubt him. A group of large foreign men were right outside his cottage. They were apparently making speeches about Proscription ending and "honouring" the event. None of them were Scottish, he doesn't even think any of them were British. It was quite alarming for the locals to have a group of large men waving flags of other countries and making noise right outside their cottages, especially when they didn't know what they were doing there, what they were talking about or why they were there. Are any of our USA or Canadian members present in this pic Jim took on his phone??

Wow, that's a very unusual situation indeed (borderline embarrassing for the foreigners assembled!). At the very least, the piping should have been spot on. I feel for the locals...good grief!

Cheers,

[tundramanq]

Maybe a side trip on one of the distillery tours - in the afternoon Have no clue as to sampling policy. Could explain the great piping?

[MacSpadger]

Maybe a side trip on one of the distillery tours - in the afternoon Have no clue as to sampling policy. Could explain the great piping?

Haha, could well be! There's a distinct lack of explanation all round here. They came on a bus, made a lot of noise, then left on a bus. Eternal, the hills remain.

[Kilted Cole]

What I wore to my VA Hospital appointments today. Scottish National and Dropkick Murphy's shirt. And not a single comment from anyone on the kilt. Was a really nice change of pace not getting the "whats under it" or other assorted "original" remarks that all of us have heard too many times to count.

[creagdhubh]

Eternal, the hills remain.

Quite so.

[Kilted Cole]

So, what did everyone else chose to wear today? I love seeing other x marks members styles and wardrobe.

[Jock Scot]

There was a bit of a "telling off" going on at the time, (buggeraffbacktae'whereverye'came fae'), which may partially explain this.

Ah yes! Phrase six from the book of "Highland Gunboat Diplomacy"

[Mike_Oettle]

Mael Coluim wrote: “Nope. Too many white hose for any to be from this Forum. ”

Not to mention the gent wearing a dress tartan in broad daylight .
I wore a kilt today, as I do every day. I did tell folk what it was about, though.
Regards,
Mike

[tundramanq]

A quick one - twas 100 degrees on my porch (purple disappears indoors) Spirit of Scotland USAK casual.