Cornish and Welsh wore kilts.

[Riverkilt]

Perhaps this century will go down in history as the one where wise men throughout the Earth realized the comforts and freedom of kiltwearing.

Perhaps teachers in the year 2107 will challenge their students and ask if men ever wore pants like women do.

[McClef]

It's true, I'm descended from Mel Gibson. Okay I walked out on one of his movies. Problem was I was at a drive-in theater.

And I thought that in Canada they spelt theatre correctly!

[ccga3359]

And I thought that in Canada they spelt theatre correctly!

Spell-check is American .

[slohairt]

And I thought that in Canada they spelt theatre correctly!

You mean cinema!

[slohairt]

No, the Welsh did not wear kilts. The Cornish did not, the Bretons did not, the Manx did not, the Irish did not, and for that matter, neither did most of Scotland.

Though recognized today as the national dress of Scotland, it must be remembered that it was the dress of the SCOTTISH HIGHLANDER, not Lowlanders.

It is a nice idea, however, to consider the kilt as the evolution of Gaelic clothing. In some ways it is. It serves to reinforce the connections between Scottish and Irish culture, which were once very close. Celtic solidarity as a whole is a laudable ideal. Promoting similarities is always better than pointing out differences.

As for the Pictish being Germanic, this is the first I've heard of that theory. And I took Celtic Studies! The fact is, we don't know what the Picts were. Some speculate that they were Brythonic Celtic (akin to Welsh, etc.) which would certainly explain their quick assimilation into Gaelic culture under Coinneach Mac Ailpein. Others think they were indigenous, perhaps descendants of the Megalithic stone builders. They even lived in Ulster where they were called Cruithne. Who knows?

[James MacMillan]

Perhaps this century will go down in history as the one where wise men throughout the Earth realized the comforts and freedom of kiltwearing.

That's already true! There are a lot of wise men (and women) members of the rabble, and we realize "the comforts and freedom of kiltwearing!"

Maybe we are just ahead of out time......

[Big Homestead]

Perhaps this century will go down in history as the one where wise men throughout the Earth realized the comforts and freedom of kiltwearing.

Perhaps teachers in the year 2107 will challenge their students and ask if men ever wore pants like women do.

Brilliantly said!