A Trifle – Skinned Knee

[Larry124]

I’ve worn the kilt about twice weekly for just over two years, and frequently camping, and I finally got a skinned knee.
I don’t know how. I didn’t notice until I saw the blood.
It stings a bit.

Question: “Don’t your knees get banged up?”

Response: “Yes, about once every two years.”

[Robert Lamb]

Not so much my knees but I do my shins guite often.

[McMurdo]

I've got a scar on my left knee, I got it rescuing our adventurous kitty, but that was once in 3 years of daily kilt wear, I did slam my leg into my desk at work pretty hard once too.

[Highlander31]

Not my knees, but over the years, my shins have sure taken a beating.

[Nighthawk]

Usually it's my toes... No amount of cloth covering will stop me hurting myself. (Well, pillows might...)

That might do the trick... I can't wait for Black Friday so I can watch A Christmas Story!

[Squeaky McMurdo]

There's also the risk of biffing it and mooning someone.....or worse slipping on ice and your feet getting out ahead of you.


Hmm....kilted ice skaters......

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[Garry Oak]

Hmm....kilted ice skaters......

I think that I sense some Annn-tici.............................................. pation.

Between that and your sig line, I'm starting to see a theme. Good on ya, gal.

[Lachlan09]

Aha ! It sounds like chafing to me, of the sort I used to get when I was a wee boy in Scotland, shuffling to primary school in the depths of winter, wearing my knee-length charcoal-grey flannel shorts and wellies ! 

You’ve possibly discovered what generations of Highland soldiers endured for years. All you re-enactors out there ! The Highland regiments used to wear “hard” tartan, that is, government issue kilts made from a hard-wearing cloth which stood up to the wear and tear of campaign life better than other woven wool tartan cloths. In photos of the 1840’s to 1860’s, you can recognize it by the fact that you can’t see the sett too well and the cloth looks shiny. Officers’ kilts used softer wool and photos show up their setts better. However, Queen Victoria in 1871 (I think that was the year) noticed that her guard of honour at Balmoral, from the 93rd Sutherland Highlanders, had knees which were chafed and red and in many cases, cut and bleeding. The problem was made worse when kilts were wet (eg after fording a river). So she decreed that in future all her beloved kilted Highland soldiers would wear kilts of softer tartan – and so it has been ever since.

[PEEDYC]

Quote from Lachlan09 "Aha ! It sounds like chafing to me, of the sort I used to get when I was a wee boy in Scotland, shuffling to primary school in the depths of winter, wearing my knee-length charcoal-grey flannel shorts and wellies ! "

As a boy I wore the kilt to school and in winter I suffered the dreaded sore knees with the constant rubbing of the kilt as well as the backs of my legs with the wellies when it rained. I still persevered though and am a proud wearer today. (The kilt, not wellies)