kilt

kilted scotsman

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• scotsman

[karkkosvolfe]

NO, Kilts are not gay.

William Wallace wore a kilt, and you can't say he was gay! Besides kitls have been the manly dress of the scots and the irish for centuries.

[WizardXO]

kilts pwn

[karkkosvolfe]

@scottishwonderwall

Thanks for sharing that information! I didn't know...

[scottishwonderwall]

@karkkosvolfe No disagreement here (I'm a kilt-wearer myself) but William Wallace did not wear a kilt outside the movie Braveheart. Kilts as they are known today never formally appeared in history until the 17th Century.

[bleutiger1]

That guy's a man.

[grobo11]

@thecrusades2 Yes, the kilt did originate in Ireland, it was a great big plaid thing. The Irish introduced it to Scotland in the medeival period when Irish Gaels travelled and settled in Scotland.

[grobo11]

@piperbob2 Well, the Gaels were Irish, not Scottish. And seeing as the kilt originated in Ireland it is more than likely that Irish soldiers wore kilts.

[piperbob2]

@grobo11 One thing that makes me doubt this: the clan Sinclair (of Norman origin - St. Clair) were given lands in Caithmess, presumably in the 11th/12th century. It is told that they wore trews in preference to the kilt, and so became a joke with the Gaelic highland clans - hence the ancient slow air and piobaireachd, "The Carles wi' the Breeks" (The old women with the breeches.") And the Gaels were not soldiers as such, they were crofters, cattle herders, fishermen, farmers

[grobo11]

@piperbob2 The Highlanders wore trousers, leather or some sort of wool or other fabric.

The typical Highlander soldier wore: Some sort of short tunic or shirt, trousers, simple boots, metal helmet, a shirt of male or plate armour and other accesories.

11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th etc. No Scottish soldier wore Tartan kilts or any other kind of Kilt during this period. It was only during the late 17th Century that they did.

[piperbob2]

@grobo11 So , what did the Scottish Highlanders wear at that time then? And I thought Wallace was from the 13th Century ?! I believe it was the Picts who painted themselves blue. And one of my kilts was made by a master kilt maker who is English, mainly working for the army. Nothing wrong with that !

[Whitehorze]

LMAO...

[karkkosvolfe]

@canemlatina

Whatever! The point is that kilts are manly. Besides, Kilts were worn even in Scandinavia at one point in time. So, stop gripping, agreed?