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12-03-2009, 05:28 PM
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| | | A "Kilt Check" CHECK!!!
We've had threads about "Kilt Checks", but here's one with a more abrupt response...
This is from the "Boston Evening Post" of August 28, 1758. It's reputed to have come from a letter from an English "Observer" at the siege and capitulation of Fortress Louisbourg and was dated August 12, 1758.
"... another French Officer having the impudence to run his hand under one of the Highlander's plaids, in an improper place, the Highlander immediately eased him of his arm and hand, by cutting them off with his broadsword."
Wonder if that's the origin of the term "Short arm inspection"???
The Highland Rgts. accompanying Mr. Amherst on that momentous excursion were the Royal Scots (Lothians), Frasers (78th), and the Seaforths. So we might consider that the fellow with the responsive blade was one of that number.
Jim aka kiltiemon
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12-03-2009, 05:35 PM
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Moral: never mess with the question.
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12-03-2009, 05:46 PM
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Give that man a hand
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12-03-2009, 05:49 PM
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Talk about getting caught red-handed!
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12-03-2009, 06:20 PM
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I guess he could not put his finger on it any more...lol
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12-03-2009, 07:36 PM
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Brilliant!!!
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12-03-2009, 07:48 PM
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What a...sinister...situation.
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12-03-2009, 08:19 PM
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A slice of the kilted knife.
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12-03-2009, 09:18 PM
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Aw, c'mon. No 'arm done.
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12-04-2009, 05:37 AM
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at least the scots were well armed for that confrontation.
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