How many kilts would a Scot have had.

[macwilkin]

The smell might not be completely prejudicial.

Our duty pants are still wool. (Lord knows why!) When they get wet, they smell worse than a wet dog. The smell of a damp, wool kilt, might be distinctive enough to be recognized through the assorted B/O of the time.

See my post about the CW soldiers. Same principle.

Sorry, I don't buy the "bigotry" reason as the only reason -- I'm sure a ploughman from Devon or Northumberland smelled just as bad as a lad from Forres or Ayr.

Cheers,

Todd

[Mattg]

See my post about the CW soldiers. Same principle.

Sorry, I don't buy the "bigotry" reason as the only reason -- I'm sure a ploughman from Devon or Northumberland smelled just as bad as a lad from Forres or Ayr.

Cheers,

Todd

I agree, a English peasant would smell as bad as a Scottish one. Though I'm sure that the English only thought it worse that the smelly person was Scottish, and the other way around!