Help with some of the lingo...

[Iolaus]

Gillis-

och aye ai'll hep ya lad...

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a "glaikit dafty" is a pairson what weers a kilt back tae front....

a "skinnymalinkie" shuidnay weer a kilt cause theys wee pins mak em luik like a haggi oan twa steeks...

a "skelp" is whit ya dae tae a glaikit dafty's lugs iffin ya see him weerin his kilt back tae front...

an "steamin pish'd" or "blootered" is whit yu'll be if ya drink whisky a' nicht in yur kilt an a'


hope tha heps sort ya oot, wee lad....

ta....

[Riverkilt]

Hey Cousin,

My great great grandmother was Mary Gillis of Skye Glen, Nova Scotia. Have some wonderful descriptions of her from my grandfather. Want to get a Gillis tartan kilt in her honor some day.

I'm working with Kathy Lare of Kathy's kilts. She can find most anything. Deal is that I had to finally accept that Gillis is just a variation of Gillies and that the Gillis tartan is the same as the Gillies tartan(s).

Ron