Roll Call for Highland Fling!

[Zardoz]

Zardoz,

I'll leave the kilt wearin' to you, and I'll express my Irish pride in my playing....

Now the interesting thought is which ancestry wins out in the internal struggle, the Roman or the Celt?  

Chris, ya' go with the one you feel.  Look at the actor Iron Eyes Cody, His parents were Italian immigrants, but he became so immersed in Native American culture working as an actor that he lived as an Indian his whole life.
My family was transported from Ireland to Virginia in the 1760s. Shortly after, they spred out into areas populated by ethnic Germans. I'm not sure why, maybe they resented the English.  By the time we got to Texas (also heavily settled by Germans) in the 1880s my family all had German given names and moved into the 'Germantown' part of the Houston area.
My fraternal grandmother was the first member of her family (Jung) born here, her folks left West Prussia in 1888 and got off the boat in Galveston.
I grew up figuring we were German, and indeed I have almost as much German DNA than the British royal family, (look it up) but we started doing a little research in the 80's and discovered this whole other world! I found the Celtic stuff called out to me louder than anything, and now consider myself a proud Irish-American.

[Breandan]

The kilt is descended from the brat, a plaid cloak worn by the Irish- and the Continental Celtic peoples, though they called it something different- since time immemorial. It is typically worn off one shoulder, but when the Dal Riata settled in Alba, the sharper changes in temperatures caused a change in how it was worn. They belted it around the waist for warmth, but as the day got hotter, would leave it belted and drop it off the shoulders to cool off a bit. Over time- and we're talking centuries here- it evolved into a garment similar to the great kilt. The clan tartans and such are very recent, being an 18th century invention wherein regional plaid patterns were assigned to specific clans.

All that being said, we'll be out there starting tomorrow, but will have to leave early Sunday for a family event.

[Rani Zemirah]

   I have to miss all those swishing kilts?!? 

One of my very favorite things in the world is watching a man who knows how to wear his kilt flip those pleats as he turns on his heel in a sharp 90 degree wheel, and to see an entire regiment do this in unison just makes my lil' ol' heart flutter!    

Swish... (swoon) 

[Zardoz]

  I have to miss all those swishing kilts?!? 

One of my very favorite things in the world is watching a man who knows how to wear his kilt flip those pleats as he turns on his heel in a sharp 90 degree wheel, and to see an entire regiment do this in unison just makes my lil' ol' heart flutter!    

Swish... (swoon) 

Three of my favorite things about kilts; Swagger+Swish=Swoon !

[Rani Zemirah]

  I have to miss all those swishing kilts?!? 

One of my very favorite things in the world is watching a man who knows how to wear his kilt flip those pleats as he turns on his heel in a sharp 90 degree wheel, and to see an entire regiment do this in unison just makes my lil' ol' heart flutter!    

Swish... (swoon) 

Three of my favorite things about kilts; Swagger+Swish=Swoon !

Oh, my... I'd probably follow you around myself, if you didn't already have a girltourage...  

(swoooooon)

[bellevivre]

Just a little souvenir from this weekend- my husband, unable to deny his passion...lol

[Breandan]

 

[Laird Fraser of Lovatt]

My thoughts exactly, brother...  

[Zardoz]

Sheep, they give so much and ask so little 

[bellevivre]

Sheep never talk about it, they never ever doubt it- always so passive, affectionate and nice...

[Lady Laura]

What Rolling Stones song did the cover band from Scotland sing?

Hey McLeod, get offa my ewe!

[Corinne Bagley]

Just a little souvenir from this weekend- my husband, unable to deny his passion...lol

That amazingly looks a lot like my sheep... The pictures turned out great, glad your hubby liked it! Many Scotsman and even members of the Transylvanian court hitched rides on Dolly over the course of the day.