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Why Wear a Kilt?

Who could have said it better?

"The kilt is the finest national dress in the world and should be preserved as such."

Andrew MacThomas of Finegand
19th Hereditary Chief of Clan MacThomas
Edinburgh, Scotland - October 1978

"The kilt is perfectly normal dress for a man of Scottish ancestry or connections, and anyone who feels differently is simply displaying his ignorance."

J. Charles Thompson
So You're Going to Wear the Kilt- p2
Heraldic Art, Virginia 1979,1982,1989

"Once you've worn the kilt--the world is never quite the same to you."

-WebMaster

History

The Great Kilt is a single piece of wool approximately twelve yards long.  It was used as primary clothing, coat, raincoat, and tent to those who wore it.

Scotland is a country of much ground water.  Before there were roads, travel usually involved wading in a lot of ground water.  One theory is that most of the clothing was made of wool. Therefore water would rise in the clothing due to capillary action.  As a result, wearing  trousers would result in one being wet from head to toe.

Heavy woolen hose that were worn with the kilt kept the legs warm and the gap between the tops of the hose and the bottom of the kilt kept the water from rising higher than the tops of the woolen hose.  The result was being warmer and drier.

The small kilt (8 yards) reportedly was invented by the military to be more convenient.

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