Quote Originally Posted by cajunscot View Post
An ironic example, to be sure, as the original "Kirkin" was designed to raise funds for discplaced children in Glasgow and Edinburgh by the Rev. Peter Marshall, a Coatbridge man. I've been trying to get the word out about the real origins of the service for years; the myth is more romantic, I suppose, but the real story is more powerful, INMHO, as it occured in many of parents' lifetimes, and in an event that has more of a profound effect on our world today then the '45...

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Was Kirking the Tartan ever actually recorded anywhere in Scotland? From the little I've read, the "original" kirkin was in New York.
So either through the real story or the myth, it still seems like a re-imagining of Scottish customs for the American Diaspora.