Quote Originally Posted by KiltedSkeleton View Post
Yes, it was a serious question. I had heard that and was unsure wether it was true or not.
Folk-etymologies seem to be a lot like kilt-myths: everyone knows a bunch ("rule of thumb" springs to mind) and it's hard to separate fact from fiction!

As for the actualy subject of this thread: this reminds me a lot of kilt discussions we've had on this board, where someone posits an older origin for the kilt or an origin not in Scotland; while some of the garments may be similar, they aren't actually kilts. Applying that logic to this, one would have to say that the Chinese didn't invent it, even if they had a similar game. As for the Dutch...