Absurd kilt myths

**ChromeScholar** · 17th October 07, 04:29 PM

Why let that stop you? I'm going to wear a kilt to the AZ Renaissance Festival when it rolls around. Renaissance festivals almost never worry too hard about absolute authenticity (at least none that I've been to). Just don't make the mistake of thinking that your modern kilt is any part of an authentic renaissance outfit.

**Nick the DSM** · 17th October 07, 04:57 PM

okay, i might do that.

i read that picts and hibernian scots wore belted plaid around the tenth century and norse settlers and irish settlers wore pleated skirt-like garments, any of this possible?

**macwilkin** · 17th October 07, 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by Nick the DSM

okay, i might do that.

i read that picts and hibernian scots wore belted plaid around the tenth century and norse settlers and irish settlers wore pleated skirt-like garments, any of this possible?

Consult Matt Newsome's article on the history of the kilt at http://albanach.org/kilt.html.

T.

**ChromeScholar** · 17th October 07, 05:40 PM

That's the same link I posted 4 posts ago.

**macwilkin** · 17th October 07, 05:47 PM

Originally Posted by ChromeScholar

That's the same link I posted 4 posts ago.

Obviously Nick missed it.

T.

**slohairt** · 17th October 07, 11:41 PM

My favourite tartan myth is Tartan Ogham. If I remember it correctly, some exalted person in the clan carried around a stick (probably a cromach or shillelagh!

) with threads wrapped around so as to remember the clan tartan thread count!

**Nick the DSM** · 18th October 07, 02:18 PM

Originally Posted by cajunscot

Obviously Nick missed it.

T.

yeah sorry, my computer acts wierd sometimes and page scroller sometimes just zips by new posts.

**freddie** · 18th October 07, 03:08 PM

I once read somewhere that the red line in a certain clan tartan represented the blood of their enemies !

**beloitpiper** · 18th October 07, 03:41 PM

Originally Posted by freddie

I once read somewhere that the red line in a certain clan tartan represented the blood of their enemies !

Yeah, people write a lot of things. It's best to check the author.

**Makeitstop** · 19th October 07, 12:38 AM

I hear that if it's not Scottish it's crap.

Which reminds me, I have been told that I cannot wear a kilt, not because I am not Scottish (which I am a bit) but rather because I am in America, and that it was never meant to be worn here. I replied that while the kilt was not invented here, neither were the pants she was wearing. And of course, while my kilt was made here in the states, odds are her entire wardrobe was made by a bunch of kids in Asia.