Now I have another on my list!

**JamesA** · 7th January 08, 02:23 PM

Greetings all!

So my son has been doing Cub Scouts for a few months now. And I being the suck... er, um... good father that I am, volunteered to be his den leader.

So I have been looking at things, and naturally wanted to know if BSA had a tartan of their own. As it turns out, the answer is sort of.

It seems that the Boy Scouts tend to use the MacLaren. An explanation of why is found here: http://www.clanmaclarenna.org/CMSNA/...8!OpenDocument

So, now I need to get myself a MacLaren kilt! Yikes! It is however on the list behind my new Wallace. Which I hope to get ordered sometime in the next few weeks.

JamesA

**Zardoz** · 7th January 08, 02:28 PM

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**Bugbear** · 7th January 08, 02:28 PM

Ah, I remember the Cub Scouts... Good luck. (Removed the Woods badge question because it was a mistake.)

**MacMillan of Rathdown** · 7th January 08, 03:15 PM

Try checking with the Scout shop in Glasgow or Edinburgh for your kilt-- I understand used kilts may also be available.

**auld argonian** · 7th January 08, 03:40 PM

And don't forget that Stillwater has those kids' size kilts...you can have a whole troop of kilted Cub Scouts.

Best

AA

**Mark Keeney** · 7th January 08, 03:48 PM

Woodbadge is more of a Boy Scout training instead of Cub Scout.

But, no worry, there is a Cub Scouts of America tartan.

**Bugbear** · 7th January 08, 03:59 PM

Originally Posted by Mark Keeney

Woodbadge is more of a Boy Scout training instead of Cub Scout.

But, no worry, there is a Cub Scouts of America tartan.

Thank you for pointing that out. I thought that the father had been a boy scout leader when I brought up the woods badge, but I wasn't thinking right. That being said, I was in the cub scouts and now I'm interested in this tartan. Thanks.

**McNulty** · 7th January 08, 04:03 PM

There is a Wood Badge training for Cub Scouters and one for Boy Scout Leaders. You have to have your ticket done for either of the above before you can "officialy" wear the tartan. HOWEVER, as we all know, there are no restrictions as to the tartan we wear as long as you wear it with pride and know the origins and meaning behind the tartan. SO... go ahead and get that kilt in the MacLaren tartan and wear it to your next Pinewood Derby and wow the rest of the Pack.
BTW I got my beads and woggle back in 1995 and added a second and third set helping with the course that trains adult leaders. Take the plunge and get the kilt AND then sign up for the next available Wood Badge course.
Nulty

**Bugbear** · 7th January 08, 06:54 PM

Thanks, McNulty, for the information. It's been so long ago sense I was in the Cub Scouts that it's really hard to remember anything... I think I'm going to go look up a bunch of stuff on this though because you guys are jarring some memories.