Burns Night in Franklin

**mookien** · 21st January 13, 07:42 PM

Matt: Thanks for the pictures. Looks like Arthur was really getting into the Ode to a Haggis.

Your outfit looks spectacular! Is that a tweed Sheriffmuir and vest? Is that a white cravat? I wish we could have been there to join the celebration and remembrance.

Tonight, my son and I were talking about flying into Atlanta with our wives and renting a van to drive up to North Carolina (to visit the STM, of course) and then back down through Georgia to our family in Jennings/Jasper, FL. But, we recognized that the expense might cost each of us a kilt, so we may leave our wives behind.

John

**M. A. C. Newsome** · 22nd January 13, 05:26 AM

Originally Posted by mookien

Matt: Thanks for the pictures. Looks like Arthur was really getting into the Ode to a Haggis.

Your outfit looks spectacular! Is that a tweed Sheriffmuir and vest? Is that a white cravat? I wish we could have been there to join the celebration and remembrance.

Thanks! Yes, the Sheriffmuir and waistcoat are both Harris Tweed. The cravat is an ivory colored silk. Kilt is a 6 yard box pleated kilt in Armstrong tartan, Wilsons of Bannockburn colors (made by myself, of course). Sporran is from Artificer. Argyle hose from the STM. We did have a great time, it would have been great to have more X Markers there.