Boy Scout kilts

[O'Callaghan]

I noticed that the rules given early in this thread kept saying that the kilt could be worn only by those of Irish or Scottish ancestry. Has the issue of kiltwearing come up for any troops with members with other ancestries (even Celtic ones, like Breton or Welsh)?

Summing up the SA rules in as plain English as I can manage, anyone in N. Ireland can wear the saffron kilt in the Scouts, and anyone in Scotland can wear the kilt in any tartan, but outside N. Ireland or Scotland respectively only those of Irish or Scots descent can wear a saffron or tartan kilt respectively, and outside Scotland a Scout of Scottish descent can only wear their own tartan or Maclaren.

There is no provision for Welsh cilts or for Manx, Cornish, Northumbrian or Breton kilt wearing. Of course Bretons come from Brittany, which is in France, not in the British Isles.

As for Scouting Ireland, I have since discovered that they seldom wear full uniform except for parades, ceremonies, etc. I think they are considered to be in uniform by just wearing the scarf.

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Summing up the SA rules in as plain English as I can manage......

Yes, this is quite true for the UK Scouting organization, but the USA Scouting organization simply does not address the wearing of the kilt in its uniform code. At least that is my understanding from reading the USA - BSA uniforming information on the National website. It would be interesting to know if/when the question of kilts has been brought up at the National level in the USA.