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OTA
it evolved from a very ancient way of dressing, where up in the Highlands people wore heavy, blanket-like garments, similar to the much lighter Roman garment of similar style, the toga. Roman soldiers wore a kilt-like skirt for hundreds of years, and even in Greece there are some military units still wearing a skirt similar to the Scottish kilt.
I think most if not all British Highland regiments still have the kilt as their dress uniform, and at the beginning of WWI they still wore it into battle.
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 1:31 PM
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NAut
Ive heard of kilts.. I just wondered how it got started.. seems kinda sissy to me. I like to think the Scots as rugged BraveHeart kinda men.. but even pretty Mel Gibson wore one..
ok.. the scene where they mooned the entire Britsh army was pretty hot though.. have to admit 
posted by
Blue_feathers
on April 22, 2007 at 1:10 PM
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OTA
Ha' ye ne'er been ta bonnie Scoland? It's an old celtic custom to wear the kilt, although not necessarily when drunk in the streets of Krakow...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 1:06 PM
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I prefer men in pants.. or nothing .. who even thought a man should wear a skirt anyway? How did that get started?
posted by
Blue_feathers
on April 22, 2007 at 12:25 PM
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Good morning, Offy
and what precisely would that be, pray tell...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 7:13 AM
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Corbin
true, but those canny Scotsmen would probably find a way, like paying with Monopoly money...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 7:12 AM
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Morning Naut
There's something about a man in a skirt that should be outlawed...lol
posted by
Offy
on April 22, 2007 at 5:36 AM
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Naut......
They'd solve their problem if they just tried to take up a collection for the poor man from their visitors....that's the quickest way I know to disperse a mob of Scotsmen........
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on April 22, 2007 at 4:53 AM
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Justi
it
is funny, but it's also factual...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 3:52 AM
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littlems
the Scots are trying to hush it up...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 22, 2007 at 3:49 AM
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Naut
This is so funny, it is a joke isn't it?
posted by
Justi
on April 21, 2007 at 10:44 PM
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Wiley
What, me???
posted by
Nautikos
on April 21, 2007 at 6:02 PM
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Nautikos
ach mon , yur just loike kidden roight?
posted by
WileyJohn
on April 21, 2007 at 5:39 PM
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lol - hadn't heard that one!
posted by
littlemspickles
on April 21, 2007 at 4:29 PM
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Enigmatic
yeah, I know those Janowiaks, they're tailors in Krakow...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 21, 2007 at 2:18 PM
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hazel
that's hitting below the kilt...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 21, 2007 at 2:16 PM
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afzal
thanks!
posted by
Nautikos
on April 21, 2007 at 2:15 PM
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Nautikos
As much as I admire the Scottish people - the movie, Braveheart, is responsible for that - I'm going to paraphrase an old saying, "When in Poland..." - I have (many) cousins, and an uncle, of very "healthy" Polish-American" ancestry, the "Janowiaks" - whom I'm sure would agree!
posted by
Enigmatic68
on April 21, 2007 at 12:43 PM
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maybe, they don't want to be reminded that
polish sausage sales are down..lol.
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on April 21, 2007 at 12:36 PM
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Interesting post .
posted by
afzal50
on April 21, 2007 at 11:52 AM
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