I'm sorry!

[McGurk]

This was one of the first questions I asked my father when I was about 7 years old. Even before how babies were made : "Papa, est-ce que c'est vrai qu'on ne porte rien sous le kilt ?" And he very cleverly answered : "Naaaa ! we wear tight black shorts underneath" !
Notice that in the 1960ies, there were no such things as thight , black undergarments for men ... interesting visionary was he not ?
My sweet wife now tells me : "If you want to go bare, you clean your kilt !"
For as we say :
"May you be Duke or working man, the last drop is for the tartan !"

That both amuses and disgusts me!

[BoldHighlander]

Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.

But it would not have applied in all Scottish regiments as not all of them were issued with the kilt - the lowland regiments in particular who were issued with trews instead.

Now with all the amalgamations into the one "super regiment" such differences no longer apply but kilts are considered to be for ceremonial occasions only. Whether or not kilt checks are still carried out for such occasions I cannot say.

Thanks

[Phil]

Yes there is truth and I know someone who served at Stirling Castle when it was a barracks who can attest to it.

I think this may be akin to other stories I have heard about sergeant majors making a manual check that soldiers had "dressed to the left" when on parade and may have more to do with the sexual preferences of the said sergeant major than any army regulation.

[McClef]

It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick.

[Phil]

It wasn't a manual check but a visual one using a mirror on a stick.

If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.

[Dirk Skene]

And he bought this B.S. You are bad

[KiltedKop45]

National secret for National Treasure

[McClef]

If he was caught in a shopping mall with one of those he'd be arrested on the spot.

Perhaps but military and civilian discipline were and are distinct things and where such checks would have been carried out would have been on military property.

I was also told that kilt wearing soldiers were not allowed to climb the stairs on a double decker bus but have been unable to verify this.

[Nick the DSM]

lol tats hilarious!!

[The Ulsterman]

Okay, I have a question for the rabble...
Is there really any truth to the tale that "regimental" came about from the Sergeants having a walking/pace stick with a mirror attached where they could see if the jock was properly (un)dressed?

I have heard or read this tale oft repeated, and yet those who I've known in the past that served in Scots regiments cannot verify this happening to them while in service. Is there any truth to this story?

You mean like this?