Kilted Fridays Adventures

[Mael Coluim]

Today, was my Mum's 95th birthday anniversary. I kilted up in her family tartan, Robertson and went to Historic Downtown Fredericksburg to have a pint or two in her honor.


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[figheadair]

Yesterday was a one off Friday - giving a talk to the Clan Cameron Gathering at Achnacarry.

[OC Richard]

Yesterday was a one off Friday - giving a talk to the Clan Cameron Gathering at Achnacarry.

I would love to have attended that!

Have you written a paper on Cameron tartans? It would be a great read.

I'm guessing the oldest tartan associated with the name is the one designed for the 79th Foot. Why does it resemble MacDonald?

What about Cameron of Lochiel?

The Allan Brothers one looks to be nothing more than their stock four-equal-stripe scheme done in green and red. I wonder if they borrowed the yellow line from Erracht.

[OC Richard]

I was kilted Friday but only due to piping at a funeral.

Lovely location on a high hill with a panoramic view of the Pacific Ocean, but as usual with funerals there's no photos.

[Mael Coluim]

Kilted up this Friday with a Tactical 511 and Virginia Scottish Games t-shirt to promote the upcoming games Labor Day weekend.


Spit it out you Damn Bugger!

[figheadair]

I would love to have attended that!

Have you written a paper on Cameron tartans? It would be a great read.

I'm guessing the oldest tartan associated with the name is the one designed for the 79th Foot. Why does it resemble MacDonald?

What about Cameron of Lochiel?

The Allan Brothers one looks to be nothing more than their stock four-equal-stripe scheme done in green and red. I wonder if they borrowed the yellow line from Erracht.

Richard,

Not all of them but I have written about the Cameron of Lochiel and origins of the Erracht tartan.

[kilted2000]

Richard,

Not all of them but I have written about the Cameron of Lochiel and origins of the Erracht tartan.

Is there a way to access all or most of these types of papers? It would be fascinating to read them.

[figheadair]

Is there a way to access all or most of these types of papers? It would be fascinating to read them.

They are all available on my webpage - here.

[CBH]

It wasn't necessarily on a Friday, but I wore kilts on most nights on a Mediterranean cruise I just returned from. The cruise line had a policy that demanded evening attire, including long pants, after 6 PM.

I found it very strange to select an arbitrary time of day, rather than simply enforcing the dress code at restaurants and assuming folks would stay dressed after dinner.

So I thought I'd show them - I didn't wear pants at all !!

Funnily enough, I was called out at the first two dinner establishments we went to. They staff is largely from 3rd world countries, so they had no concept of what a kilt is or in what context it would be worn. I assured them kilts are more formal than long pants, and after escalation, I was approved to attend dinner. No more harassment after the first two incidents.

I did have a fellow traveller ask if I was clan Thompson or Thomas (I can't remember which). I replied that I was wearing my Texas Bluebonnet tartan, since I am a native Texan. He still acted like we stole his family colors, but admired wearing the kilt overall. I just checked the registry and neither has a tartan that looks like Texas Bluebonnet. There were light blues in some of the personal Thomas tartans, but nothing even close in Thompson.

It was funny though, my explaining that I chose tartans I could personally identify with to avoid conflicts with people who's clan I did NOT belong to.

[Mael Coluim]

Pretty cool, @CBH!