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BUMP: Price now reduced to $40.

If anyone has one of the L.L. Bean cotton twill shirts in the U.S. Coast Guard tartan in a size XL they might be willing to part with, I am interested. :-)

For Sale: one diced glengarry, size 7 1/2 (U.S.) from Robert Mackie -- ordered from J. Higgins circa 2000.

Condition: Very good. Only worn a handful of times at various Scottish functions since...

Farwell's "Mr. Kipling's Army" tells the story about a regiment wanting to start a row with the Black Watch calling for a pint of "Broken Square" around the Jocks in a pub in reference to when...

The Royal Scots claim is well-documented, and I can't say I've seen any reference to the Coldstreamers claiming that particular nickname. I've only seen reference to "The Lilywhites".

Also to my...

The Royal Scots were known as "Pontius Pilate's Body Guard" due to their being the first regiment of foot raised in 1633 for service in France by Sir John Hepburn:
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Total speculation on my part, but I would agree with Bruce's thoughts that these are pipers from 1 SCOTS, as that particular style of "wooly-pully" seems to be distinctive to the old Royal Scots. I...

One more thing to add to this post: don't forget that the best way to identify a possible link to a clan is a geographic location; ancestors who were from the traditional area associated with a...

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All in good fun, Mike. Cheers! <grin>

T.

And I wasn't referring to regimental tartans per se, Mike, but uniforms themselves. <grin> Ships in the night and all that. There were many British regiments stationed in the Sommers Isles, including...

Texas Navy Admiral as well...and unlike Nebraska, Texas in fact did have not one, but TWO navies during the Revolution of 1836 and as an independent republic -- the navy was partially financed by the...

Horses for courses, Mike. I like the look of Bermuda shorts. Remember, not every regiment stationed in Bermuda was a Scottish one.

From this long-time American Civil War/Spanish-American War reenactor, "spot on". We used to hear this all of the time at various and sundry events in the summer: "aren't you hot in those clothes?"...

Ironically I just purchased this title for our college library on Monday:
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Something to keep in mind: In general, displays of ethnicity in the mid-19th century United States tended to be at the community level, such where a fairly large number of a particular ethnicity...

Given the possible Black Watch connection, I'm wondering if the F & P refer to Forfar and Perth, which was part of the traditional recruiting area for the BW?

The collar dogs and sporran badge appear to be the Black Watch "Jimmy" (St. Andrew and his cross).

Grey flannel trousers. <wink> I'm playing St. Nicholas at the family Mass at our parish tomorrow night at 6 pm, and then serving as Master of Ceremonies/Crucifer at Midnight Mass -- the kilt would be...

The BBC ran a very interesting article recently concerning the Norse roots of Christmas:

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30411490

Note the connection to the University of...

Someone mentioned the custom of "First Footing" on Hogmanay; that custom evidently immigrated to the New World with the Scots, as the noted Ozark folklorist Vance Randolph, in his magnum opus Ozark...

Anne Ross's The Folklore of the Scottish Highlands does discuss Christmas (Nollaig) customs in the Western Isles, where many of the residents retained the Roman Catholic faith. Ross cites Martin...

Tickets are now available for The Scottish Saint Andrew’s Society of Springfield’s annual Robert Burns Night Supper on Saturday, January 24 2014, at The White River Conference Center, 600 West...

The swagger stick became somewhat popular with some American officers (Patton and MacArthur, for example) during the First World War; The "China Marines" (American Marines stationed in China until...

So where do you post then about Burns Suppers, St. Andrew's Balls, Caledonian Society meetings, etc. which are special occasions AND an outward symbol of cultural identity?

Colin's suggestion is...