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[Celt]

"They said the Cilt is Black with a slight bit of grey in it. Any ideas anyone what that could be?"

Possibly the Dark Island?

[calmac]

"They said the Cilt is Black with a slight bit of grey in it. Any ideas anyone what that could be?"

Possibly the Dark Island?

Try visiting www.houseoftartan.co.uk

They have a search where you can identify a tartan by telling them the colours and order they appear. May help.

Patrick

[KiltedKnight]

I have some friends that are doing the three ring deed on April 1st no less that I think I have talked into wearing Kilts for the day, we'll see if they go through with it. I promised to attend wearing full Scottish regalia for moral support. (I'd be attending wearing such anyway).

And MacMullen, that pic sure brings back some great memories of the taverns back in my home state of Minnesota, makes me real homesick, got an extra room in the event my wife gets smart and kicks me out? :neutral:

Chris.

[macwilkin]

You can the piper's a "Yooper" because he's wearing a Stormy Kromer hat:

www.stormykromer.com

Cheers,

Todd

[Sherry]

Great story. He'll probably be the most popular lad there.

Jeremiah: Derek is Welsh & uses the Welsh spelling.

And I'd disregard that flannel shirt if I could!

[michael steinrok]

"They said the Cilt is Black with a slight bit of grey in it. Any ideas anyone what that could be?"

Possibly the Dark Island?

Maybe it's a Nightstalker from Stillwater :mrgreen:

[Derek]

Jeremiah ... Cilt is Welsh for Kilt as Sherry has already mentioned.

Darrell .. I do not think he will have any problems with the school admin for wearing his Cilt to the school prom. In fact, I would think they would have encouraged him to do so.
Iechyd Da
Derek

[Hamish]

I'd like to think the kilt is the Grey Thstle Dubh but that could be hired only from Geoffrey (Tailor) Kilt Hire in Edinburgh - it's probably too grey and not black enough anyway, Derek.

Here it is:


Come to think of it: as far as I know the 'Grey Thistle Dubh' is not yet available to kilt hirers, but their 'Thistle Dubh' (all purples and dark blues) is. It is Geoffrey (Tailor)'s corporate tartan.

[Rob]

Darrell .. I do not think he will have any problems with the school admin for wearing his Cilt to the school prom. In fact, I would think they would have encouraged him to do so.
Iechyd Da
Derek

Derek is quite right. Kilt wearing at UK school proms seems to be becoming popular. There was a TV documentary series about a couple of years ago about sixth formers (Years 12 and 13, or 12th/13th grade in the USA - I think) at a school in Bolton, Lancashire, England. One of the episodes showed the boys featured in the series getting ready to go to their final school prom, and they were all wearing kilts, and there was no indication that any of them were Scots. I think it would be inconceievable in the UK for any school administator to ban a boy from wearing a kilt at a prom.

The wife of an ex work colleague of mine is Scottish, and their son insisted on going to his school prom in a Kilt outfit.

Rob

[Hamish]

I've never been totally certain what a Prom is, and had absolutely no idea that British schools had Proms!! I am assuming that a Prom is the name given to a social evening of civilised dance? This surely has to be something new(ish)?

OK I left school at the age of 18 in 1954, so I am out of touch with what goes on in schools nowadays (apart from there being a severe lack of discipline!!), but I have not even heard of school Proms taking place over here.

Sorry, this is Off Topic but I am astounded to hear of such events being held in the United Kingdom, and as for giving them an American name............;);)