Anybody else doing Easter Kilted?

[English Bloke]

Yup! I'm kilted quite a bit of the rest of my time so I don't see why not.

[Cowher]

That does make me wonder what the Hawk family does for Easter...

I assume you mean nighthawk? He can explain his celebration if he wishes but I know that the name "Easter" originated with the names of an ancient Goddess and God. The Venerable Bede, (672-735 CE.) a Christian scholar, first asserted in his book De Ratione Temporum that Easter was named after Eostre (a.k.a. Eastre). She was the Great Mother Goddess of the Saxon people in Northern Europe. Similarly, the "Teutonic dawn goddess of fertility [was] known variously as Ostare, Ostara, Ostern, Eostra, Eostre, Eostur, Eastra, Eastur, Austron and Ausos." Her name was derived from the ancient word for spring: "eastre." Similar Goddesses were known by other names in ancient cultures around the Mediterranean.

[Howard Clark]

Most definitely!

[OC Richard]

Yes, because I'm piping at 5:30am at an Easter Sunrise service!

Luckily our weather has been good so it shouldn't be very cold then.

The bad part is that in order to sleep I'll have to pass on the Easter Vigil service, which is my favourite church service of the year.

A different church called me about piping at three services Sunday, something like 10am/noon/5pm but I never heard back from them... that would have made a long day of piping!

Around here Easter Sunday used to be the main festival day for the local Irish community. The gathering would take place at The Brothers Of Saint Patrick and there would be Irish folk bands, Irish dancers, GAA sport, and seas of Guinness. My Irish band used to play there every year but I haven't been there in ages and I don't know if they still have this festival. Anyhow plenty of kilts were to be seen there on Easter!

[Kiltboy]

Kilted? Of course. Friends and family expect it. I think my IOS will look best.

[Father Bill]

Wonder how it will fit under my alb etc.

[fluter]

Wonder how it will fit under my alb etc.

It works well for me under a chorister's cassock. I basically always wear a kilt to church. XMTS members will understand intuitively that almost any kilt will be cooler than trousers, particularly with layers on top.

I checked the fabric content recently, and my newish cassock is the same blend as the Marton Mills poly-viscose tartan! I'll either wear my 13-oz tank or a USAK PV in the morning. I arrive for Vigil at oh-dark thirty, but it could be 88 °F (30+ °C) before I get home. In other words, much as usual for a late Easter in the Auld South.

[Father Bill]

It works well for me under a chorister's cassock. I basically always wear a kilt to church. XMTS members will understand intuitively that almost any kilt will be cooler than trousers, particularly with layers on top.

I checked the fabric content recently, and my newish cassock is the same blend as the Marton Mills poly-viscose tartan! I'll either wear my 13-oz tank or a USAK PV in the morning. I arrive for Vigil at oh-dark thirty, but it could be 88 °F (30+ °C) before I get home. In other words, much as usual for a late Easter in the Auld South.

That's part of what I had in mind when I first ordered my 5yd casual PV. Summer in a cassock isn't always fun!

[Galician]

Wonder how it will fit under my alb etc.

I had the same dilemma. In addition to serving as a Eucharistic minister, I am the official MC for my parish, and wore an alb for the entire Triduum. Easter Sunday there were no acolytes, so it was easy. I just had to tell myself what to do.

[Finn]

Been looking for an excuse (not a good kilt environment here), and this thread gave me one!
I'm doing a nature walk Easter morning and will wear the UK Mossy Oak.
Thanks, all!