Help! What is this?

[Downunder Kilt]

To me it looks like someone got rid their rear vison mirror ornaments (squashed fluffy dice that have lost their spots)

[Bigkahuna]

Extra tassels for a sporran???

[madmacs]

Nope, not pouches. The furry diamond-shaped thingamabobs are solid. Could they have anything to do with a military outfit? Maybe tied onto the shoulder and trailing across the chest, signifying the wearer is an aid to a very strange general?

Well if he wore them with a kilt, then my Q would be when did he wear the kilt? Was he scottish or american... Was he in the military... If so what regiment... Did he play the pipes... Any signs of other pieces being missing? Any makers marks? What is the length of the cord? More info might prompt more ideas...

[Mickey]

Been looking at these all night and I got nothing. I can't even come up with a good joke, which is really a bad sign.

Rather baffling. I'm starting to wonder also, if you've been had.

[Iain Robb]

Ah, yes, I recognize them. They are, without a doubt, fox-hunting lures. My late Uncle Angus had a set.

What you do is thread them through your waistband so you can hold the string in the middle with your hand, the string goes past your navel under the kilt and the actual lures -- the patches of badger or rabbit -- dangle below your kilt.

Then you stand stock-still with your legs apart and wait for the lures to draw a fox. You'll need to be patient for him to show up, and more patient still as he sniffs about, but when he lunges you must act quickly and draw up the lures while bringing your knees together at just the right time.

Without good timing on the knees, the results can be a bit messy. As I said, my late Uncle Angus had a set ...

[Laird_M]

God! That last post almost made sense!!!

Our cadet band had something very similar tied to the brass head of the drum major's mace...

[Jock Scot]

Well of course it is obvious, plainly obvious, to anyone that knows everything about anything, but as I don't---------I have no idea.

[Chas]

I think we are looking at this the wrong way round.

Instead of kilt, think kilt JACKET. Remember when you were very young and had a pair of mittens on a string that was threaded through the sleeves of your coat. Well this is the same thing - but for adults.

The cord goes through the sleeves and the fur squares hang down at the cuff, always to hand and ready for use.

Regards

Chas

[PEEDYC]

For cleaning both sides of your eye glasses !!!! What it has to do with kilts I don't know.

[biblemonkey]

Ahhh yes, I've seen these before. It's a leash for a pet haggis. My grandfather used to have one just like that. The littles beasie was quite a feistyl chap, and so it had to have a rather short leash.