Surprise! The Scots Have No History.

[acstoon]

How about Hawaiian shirts?
I'd hate to think my closet full of loud & proud shirts, were invented by some guy from Jersey...

[CactusJack]

How about Hawaiian shirts?
I'd hate to think my closet full of loud & proud shirts, were invented by some guy from Jersey...

The problem there is that they were invented by a guy in Jersey by a guy named Louie

[acstoon]

OMG!
No authentic Hawaiian history?
I am wearing a sham, a tawdry sham.

***Tony wipes a tear, as he empties his closet of Hawaiian shirts, and heads to the bonfire***

[RCallan]

I like this part:
"The traditional dress of the Highlanders was in fact a long Irish shirt and a cloak or plaid, he states, and only the higher classes had woven in stripes and colours creating tartan"

Let's hear it for the Irish!

Well...at least we have beer.

[BEEDEE]

Article wasn't much, but they did have a great photo. Anyone know what the tartan is worn by the one on the right?

Bria

[SteveB]

Poppycock.
Sounds to me the author was jealous of the Scot Highland kit after getting his knickers twisted, or choked on the positive contributions of the Scots. A certified crock.

[Jock Scot]

Well,it is a point of view that I would not altogether disagree with.

[beloitpiper]

This is the ONLY worthwhile part of the article:

Lord Dacre was one of the world’s most respected historians prior to his death, and was professor of Modern History at Oxford University for 23 years.

But his reputation was damaged when he claimed that forged diaries, purportedly written by Adolf Hitler and serialised in the Sunday Times, were authentic.

Michael Fry, an eminent Scottish historian, claimed Lord Dacre was not “a very reliable guide to Scottish history”, Tartan was worn in the Middle Ages and his claims about the kilt “prove absolutely nothing.”

“Lots of things emerge in history and just because we can’t pin down their origins it doesn’t follow from that everything about it is phoney,” Mr Fry said.

[Jock Scot]

The problem there is that they were invented by a guy in Jersey by a guy named Louie

Gosh!Thanks for that.Now I know.

[MACKAY]

... personally I like what Matt Newsome has to say on the matter.

http://albanach.org/generations.html

I have conducted extensive research, and have it on good authority that Matt Newsome is a fictitious character invented by Hank (the founder of xmarksthescot) to increase his traffic to this site and sell more ad space.